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paralumbar

paralumbar adjective: located next to the lumbar region.

Adjective

paralumbar (not comparable)

  1. Located next to the lumbar region
    • The transducer is placed at the paralumbar fossa and then moved ventrally to the midline.2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 57, →DOI

Origin of paralumbar

From para- + lumbar.

Questions about paralumbar

What does paralumbar mean?
Paralumbar means located next to the lumbar region.
What part of speech is paralumbar?
Paralumbar is an adjective.

Words near paralumbar in the dictionary

  1. paralophids
  2. paralophs
  3. paralophule
  4. paralophules
  5. paralstonite
  6. paralumbar
  7. Paralympiad
  8. Paralympiads
  9. Paralympian
  10. Paralympians
  11. paralympic

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