lumbo-
(ˈlʌmbəʊ)
used as combining form of L. lumbus loin, as lumbo-abdominal a., pertaining to the loins and the abdomen (cf. abdominal); so lumbo-aortic, lumbo-costal, lumbo-inguinal, etc. (see Syd. Soc. Lex. 1889), lumbo-sacral, lumbo-vertebral adjs.; ‖ lumbodynia [mod.L.; hybrid f. Gr. ὀδύνη pain] = lumbago.
| 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 660 Neuralgia of the lumbar plexus, or *lumbo-abdominal neuralgia. |
| 1866 A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 805 The affection is commonly known as lumbago. Valleix designated it *lumbodynia. |
| 1840 E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 107 The *lumbo-iliac ligament is triangular in form. |
| 1856 Quain's Anat. (ed. 6) II. 632 note, Schmidt describes them as separate nerves, naming the genital branch, external spermatic, and the crural branch, *lumbo-inguinal. |
| 1840 E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 14 The *lumbo-sacral nerve. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 258 The lumbo-sacral portion of the column is more frequently affected than any other. |
| 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 217 The *lumbo-vertebral anastomotic trunk of Braune. |