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lumbarization

lumbarization noun: a spinal anomaly in which the first and second segments of the sacrum do not fuse, and consequently the lumbar spine appears to have six vertebrae or segments, not five, while the sacrum appears to have only four.

Noun

lumbarization (countable and uncountable, plural lumbarizations)

  1. A spinal anomaly in which the first and second segments of the sacrum do not fuse, and consequently the lumbar spine appears to have six vertebrae or segments, not five, while the sacrum appears to have only four.

Forms of lumbarization

plurallumbarizations

Origin of lumbarization

From lumbar + -ization.

Questions about lumbarization

What does lumbarization mean?
Lumbarization means a spinal anomaly in which the first and second segments of the sacrum do not fuse, and consequently the lumbar spine appears to have six vertebrae or segments, not five, while the sacrum appears to have only four.
What part of speech is lumbarization?
Lumbarization is a noun.
What is the plural of lumbarization?
The plural of lumbarization is lumbarizations.

Words near lumbarization in the dictionary

  1. lumbar punctures
  2. lumbar spine
  3. lumbar vertebra
  4. lumbar vertebrae
  5. Lumbarda
  6. lumbarization
  7. lumbarizations
  8. lumbars
  9. Lumbatan
  10. Lumbayanague
  11. lumbayao

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