lumbar vertebra

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   one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae

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Questions about lumbar vertebra

What does lumbar vertebra mean?

lumbar vertebra means "one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae".

Is lumbar vertebra a common word?

lumbar vertebra is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.