lumbosacral

American

[luhm-boh-say-kruhl, -sak-ruhl] / ˌlʌm boʊˈseɪ krəl, -ˈsæk rəl /

Also sacrolumbar

adjective

Anatomy.

of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.

Etymology

Origin of lumbosacral

First recorded in 1830–40; lumbo- + sacral ²

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lumbosacral

The Swiss group instead implanted the neuroprosthesis in the lower back, over the lumbosacral spinal cord.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023

Like Lori DeBoer, Grace Alexander also had an objectively verified medical condition—spinal disc degeneration and cauda equina syndrome, nerve compression in the lumbosacral spine.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2018

She diagnosed the ailment as "a lumbosacral strain," treated the President with Novocain injections and hot packs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lower portion of the spine, known as the lumbosacral region, is the site of the pain that bothers most people.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aside from paraplegic conditions due to disease of the cord or the lumbosacral plexus, and monoplegic affections resultant from disturbances of this plexus, paralysis of certain nerves are occasionally encountered.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

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