lumbago

[ luhm-bey-goh ]

nounPathology.

pain in the lower, or lumbar, region of the back or loins, especially chronic or recurring pain.

Origin of lumbago

1685–95; <Late Latin, equivalent to Latin lumb(us) loin + -āgō noun suffix

Words Nearby lumbago

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How to use lumbago in a sentence

Capt. Cinnamond is still in bed with lumbago, whilst Major Weir is staying behind too.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton Laurie
Patients came to our offices, not complaining of headache or lumbago or cough, but asking for "something for that uric acid."
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick Laidlaw
Praskovia Ivanovna had an attack of lumbago; she did not get down from the shelf bed, except with much difficulty to go to mass.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories | Ivan Turgenev
To wriggle under a cavity in this stone and come out on the other side, is an infallible remedy for lumbago.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James Grant
Grammer had lumbago sometimes so you wouldn't hardly believe any one could suffer that way and live.
Bunker Bean | Harry Leon Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for lumbago

lumbago

/ (lʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ) /

noun

pain in the lower back; backache affecting the lumbar region

Origin of lumbago

C17: from Late Latin lumbāgo, from Latin lumbus loin

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