[
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
- 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.