a. and sb. Anat. Obs. [ad. mod.L. lumbāl-is, f. L. lumbus loin.]

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  A.  adj. = LUMBAR a.

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1696.  Cowper, in Phil. Trans., XIX. 302. The Lumbal pain encreast on the left side.

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1713.  Cheselden, Anat., II. ii. (1726), 123. The first lumbal Vertebra.

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1803.  Med. Jrnl., IX. 152. The sciatic, lumbal, and intercostal nerves.

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  B.  sb. = LUMBAR sb.

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1708.  J. Keill, Anim. Secret., 50. The Spermatic Arteries … dilate as big, if not bigger than one of the Lumbals.

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1722.  Quincy, Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2), 32. Six lumbals, each 434·2.

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