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lumbar pain

lumbar pain

3.7
Pain in the lower back that often comes from muscle strain or injury
  • noun
  • /ˈlʌm.bər peɪn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : dolor lumbar
  • She suffers from lumbar pain every morning.

Examples

  • The doctor suggested exercises to relieve his recurring lumbar pain.

  • She visited the clinic because her lumbar pain had become unbearable over the weekend.

  • Prolonged sitting can often lead to lumbar pain in office workers.

  • The doctor diagnosed him with lumbar pain.

  • After lifting the heavy boxes all day, he complained of severe lumbar pain that made it hard for him to stand up straight.

  • Many people experience lumbar pain due to poor posture when sitting at a desk for long hours.

  • After her fall, she sought medical advice to understand the source of her persistent lumbar pain.

Synonyms

backache
vslumbar pain
7 2.3

A pain in the back that does not go away quickly

is limited to pain in the lower spine rather than general spine discomfort
lumbago
vslumbar pain
  • Specialized
2 8.4

Pain in the lower back that comes from muscle strain or bad posture

is the broader medical phrase for similar localized pain

Antonyms

relief
440 1.0

A feeling of comfort when pain or worry goes away

comfort
190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

How Painful

agony
135 3.9
lumbar pain
  • Specialized
3.7
pain
∞ 1.0
ache
92 1.3
discomfort
119 3.2

Surface Forms

lumbar pain singular
lumbar pains plural

Morphology

lumbar + pain

The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'lumbar' (relating to the lower back) + 'pain' (sensation of bodily hurt) yields 'pain in the lower back'. If a B1 learner already knows both constituent meanings, the overall meaning is directly derivable and is a cross-linguistically common medical description, so it will be readily understood.

Etymology

The term lumbar pain takes its first part lumbar from the Latin word 'lumbus', which meant 'loin' or the lower part of the back. So lumbar pain means pain in the 'lower back'.