LUMBAR

lumbar. Lumbar, a. belonging to the loins

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{ Lum″bar (?), Lum″bal (?), } a. [[L. lumbus loin. See Loin.]] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries. Lumbar region (Anat.), the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and iliac regions, and outside of the umbilical region.