See Also: lumbar(dictionary)
Lumbar(medicine)
Lumbar(health)
lumbar rib(medicine)
lumbar(dictionary)
lumbar plexus(medicine)
lumbar triangle(medicine)
lumbar nephrectomy(medicine)
lumbar laminectomy(medicine)
lumbar nerves(medicine)

scuttlebutt (oh) and lumbar (oh)


scuttlebutt (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: scuttlebutt 'container for a ship's drinking water' (19-20 centuries), from scuttled 'having a hole cut in it' (18-19 centuries) (from SCUTTLE1) + butt 'large container for liquid, barrel' (15-21 centuries) (from Old French botte, from Late Latin buttis); because sailors gathered around the container to talk]
stories about Other people's personal lives, especially stories that are unkind or untrue
-synonym gossip gossip

lumbar (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: lumbaris, from Latin lumbus 'lower back']
relating to the lower part of the back
::pain in the lumbar region