dorsolumbar

dorsolumbar [dawr-soh-luhm-ber, -bahr] Word Origin adjective Anatomy.

1. of, relating to, or affecting the back in the region of the lumbar vertebrae.

Origin of dorsolumbar First recorded in 1850–55; dorso- + lumbar dorsolumbar in Medicine dorsolumbar [dôr′sō-lŭm′bər, -bär′] adj.

1. Of or relating to the lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebral region of the back.