Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lumbar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lumbar \Lum"bar\, Lumbal \Lum"bal\, a. [L. lumbus loin. See
{Loin}.] (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar
arteries.
{Lumbar region} (Anat.), the region of the loin;
specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias
regions, and outside of the umbilical region.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lumbar
adj : of or relating to or near the part of the back between the
ribs and the hipbones; "lumbar vertebrae"
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