[
US
/ɫəmˈbeɪˌɡoʊ/
]
[ UK /lʌmbˈeɪɡəʊ/ ]
[ UK /lʌmbˈeɪɡəʊ/ ]
NOUN
- backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
How To Use lumbago In A Sentence
- Cut back robust greenhouse climbers such as passion flowers and plumbago to within a few inches of the old wood.
- I know I had diabetes, meningitis and acute ingestion, besides gastritis, rheumatism, lumbago and neuritis.
- Macmillan is a martyr to his gallstones and lumbago, and whenever possible he prefers to spend the morning in bed, devouring classic works of 18 th-century political history.
- Here are the magnolia, the laurel, the Japanese medlar, the oleander, the pepper, the bay, the date-palm, a tree called the plumbago, another from the Cape of Good The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
- It is like an injection, as when someone gets lumbago and receives a shot.
- He frequently travelled abroad and it was during one trip in 1973, while taking mudbaths near Naples for his lumbago, that he was overthrown.
- It seems the Chinese believe that this rhino's horn cures everything from lumbago to laryngitis, and they will pay anything to get it.
- The garden is completed by tall jacaranda trees, conifers, and in the rockery just below the house, is a tumble of lavender, plumbago, rosemary, agapanthus, hibiscus and hydrangeas.
- Heel is exorbitant, walk flabby, easy sprain gambrel, cause sufficient painful, lumbago.
- While the garden's toughest souls - including agaves, plumbago and ornamental grasses - remain healthy enough to prevent us from feeling total despair, other plants are showing signs of stress.