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adj. - Of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips.

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  • First, there have been a fairly limited number of morphological studies involving the human lumbosacral cord showing loss of motor neurons after age sixty.
  • Believe it or not, the study showed "mild degenerative disk disease," but it had no impact whatsoever on management: wear a lumbosacral support; activity to comfort.
  • -- The lumbosacral plexus results substantially from the union of the ventral branches of the last three lumbar and the first two sacral nerves, but it derives a small...
  • Today, ergonomists worry less about manual laborers' arms than about their backs, because the lower back specifically the lumbosacral junction is now understood to be...
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