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Lumbar vertebra   /lˈəmbˌɑr vˈərtəbrə/   Listen
Lumbar vertebra

noun
1.
One of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae.





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"Lumbar vertebra" Quotes from Famous Books



... Paardeberg, a Mauser bullet entered by the left buttock, pierced the venter ilii, traversed the pelvis, and emerging at the brim of the latter, crossed the back, fractured the spine of the fourth lumbar vertebra, and escaped below the twelfth right rib. The track suppurated where it crossed the back, but the man did well until the twentieth day, when a swelling developed in the left iliac fossa and the general temperature rose to 102 deg.. An abscess was at once suspected and the swelling ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins


Words linked to "Lumbar vertebra" :   dorsum, vertebra, back


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