a. and sb. Anat. Obs. [ad. mod.L. lumbāl-is, f. L. lumbus loin.]
A. adj. = LUMBAR a.
1696. Cowper, in Phil. Trans., XIX. 302. The Lumbal pain encreast on the left side.
1713. Cheselden, Anat., II. ii. (1726), 123. The first lumbal Vertebra.
1803. Med. Jrnl., IX. 152. The sciatic, lumbal, and intercostal nerves.
B. sb. = LUMBAR sb.
1708. J. Keill, Anim. Secret., 50. The Spermatic Arteries dilate as big, if not bigger than one of the Lumbals.
1722. Quincy, Lex. Physico-Med. (ed. 2), 32. Six lumbals, each 434·2.