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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones;
- Example: "lumbar vertebrae"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lumbar \Lum"bar\, Lumbal \Lum"bal\, a. [L. lumbus loin. See Loin.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries. [1913 Webster] Lumbar region (Anat.), the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and iliac regions, and outside of the umbilical region. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lumbar adj 1: of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones; "lumbar vertebrae"