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lumbosacral

American  
[luhm-boh-sey-kruhl, ‑-sak-ruhl] / ˌlʌm boʊˈseɪ krəl, ‑ˈsæk rəl /
Also sacrolumbar

adjective

Anatomy.
  1. 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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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

Until the virus came along, the President's month-old lumbosacral strain was, by official accounts, coming along fine.

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 Lacroix, John Victor

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