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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A painful condition of the lower back, as one resulting from muscle strain or a slipped disk.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In pathology, myalgia in the lumbar region.
  2. n. Same as chine-gall.
  3. To afflict with lumbago.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disk.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc

Etymologies

  1. Late Latin lumbāgō, from Latin lumbus, loin.

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