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lumbago

[ US /ɫəmˈbeɪˌɡoʊ/ ]
[ UK /lʌmbˈe‍ɪɡə‍ʊ/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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

  • The planter behind is filled with fragrant vines; two ‘Royal Cape’ plumbagos in red pots flank the front posts.
  • This exercise will improve neck and spine flexibility, help to relieve trapped nerves and alleviate backache, neck pain, lumbago and mild forms of sciatica.
  • His mistake was to anger his nephew, who proclaimed a republic in a bloodless coup in 1973 while he was on an island off Naples, taking mud baths for his lumbago.
  • Bees hum in the plumbago.
  • It seems the Chinese believe that this rhino's horn cures everything from lumbago to laryngitis, and they will pay anything to get it.
  • But if you wish to effect the cure by suppositories, take the shell of the part fish a third part of plumbago, bitumen, alum, a little of the flos aeris, galls, a little verdigris; having poured a small quantity of boiled honey on these, and formed an oblong suppository, apply until you remove them. On Hemorrhoids
  • Like a wingless albatross I plummeted two storeys into an overgrown plumbago.
  • It was the only position she could bear, because of her lumbago.
  • (Only true about 10% of the time.) “My lumbago is acting up.” The Comfort Zone | The Stiletto Gang
  • He frequently travelled abroad and it was during one trip in 1973, while taking mudbaths near Naples for his lumbago, that he was overthrown.
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