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lumbago

Syllables: lum·ba·go/lʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ//ˌlʌmˈbeɪˌɡoʊ/

lumbago noun: backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

lumbago: backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc
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Noun

lumbago (countable and uncountable, plural lumbagos)

  1. (also, attributive, uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
    • Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.1935, Francis Beeding [pseudonym; John Palmer], chapter VII, in The Norwich Victims, London: Arcturus Publishing, published 2013, →ISBN, →OL, section 2
    • We may imagine an athletics coach with a scientific training researching into the physiology and the psychology of runners. [...] He finds out the effects of fatigue, of alcohol, of tobacco, of lumbago and of depression upon their performances.1953, Gilbert Ryle, “Dilemma VII: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, published 1954 (1987 printing), →ISBN...
    Synonyms:
    low back pain, LBP
  2. (also, attributive, countable) An episode of such backache.

Verb

lumbago (third-person singular simple present lumbagos, present participle lumbagoing, simple past and past participle lumbagoed)

  1. (also, attributive, transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago.

lumbago meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian

lumbago in Tamil

backache of the lumbar region
இடுப்புவலி iṭuppuvali

lumbago in Kannada

ಸೊಂಟನೋವು, ಬೆನ್ನಬೇನೆ

lumbago in Arabic

backache of the lumbar region
أَلَمْ قَطَنِيّ ʔalam qaṭaniyy, أَلَمْ اَلْقَطَنْ ʔalam al-qaṭan

lumbago in Indonesian

backache of the lumbar region
nyeri punggung
More languagesFewer languages
lumbago in Thai
ปวดหลังส่วนล่าง
lumbago in Vietnamese
đau lưng dưới, y chứng đau lưng

Synonyms of lumbago

  • low back pain
  • LBP

Forms of lumbago

Noun
plurallumbagos
Verb
third-person singular presentlumbagos
present participlelumbagoing
past participlelumbagoed
pastlumbagoed

Origin of lumbago

The noun is borrowed from Late Latin lumbāgō (“backache of the lumbar region”), from Late Latin lumbus (“lumbar”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loins”)) + -āgō (suffix forming nouns describing objects, animals, and plants). The verb is derived from the noun.

Words that rhyme with lumbago

Questions about lumbago

What does lumbago mean?
Lumbago means backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.
What is lumbago in Tamil?
Lumbago in Tamil is இடுப்புவலி (iṭuppuvali). See Lumbago meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lumbago?
Lumbago can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce lumbago?
Lumbago is pronounced /lʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of lumbago?
The plural of lumbago is lumbagos.

Words near lumbago in the dictionary

  1. Lumbac
  2. Lumbaca Mamaan
  3. Lumbaca-Unayan
  4. Lumbad
  5. lumbaginous
  6. lumbago
  7. lumbagoed
  8. lumbagoing
  9. lumbagos
  10. lumbal
  11. lumbalization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lumbago (page history and authors); lumbago (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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