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LUMBAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
Example:
lumbar vertebrae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
loin (either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds)
Derivation:
lumbus (either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds)
Context examples:
A nerve that arises from the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves and enters the thigh through the obturator canal.
(Obturator Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)
Administration of the drug in the epidural space, usually at the lumbar level of the spine.
(Epidural Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of three muscles (iliocostalis, longissimus, and spinalis) that originate at the sacrum, ilium, and lumbar vertebrae spines and insert into the ribs and vertebra in order to extend the vertebral column.
(Erector Spinae, NCI Thesaurus)
Most frequent sites of involvement are: sacrococcygeal area, spheno-occipital area, and the cervico-thoraco-lumbar spine.
(Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In children, they usually occur on the buttocks and lumbar area.
(Blue Nevus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A disorder characterized by a decrease in flexibility of a lumbar spine joint.
(Lumbar Spine Joint Range of Motion Decreased, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Decreased flexibility of a lumbar spine joint.
(Lumbar Spine Joint Range of Motion Decreased, NCI Thesaurus)
A nerve that originates from the lumbar nerves and innervates the anterior region of the thigh.
(Femoral Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)
Herniation of spinal cord tissue and meninges through a defect in the lumbar region of the vertebral column.
(Lumbar Myelocele, NCI Thesaurus)
The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side.
(Lordosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
