'Lumbago' definitions:
Definition of 'lumbago'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: lumbago, lumbar pain]
Definition of 'Lumbago'
From: GCIDE
- Lumbago \Lum*ba"go\, n. [L., fr. lumbus loin. See Lumbar.] (Med.) A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back. [1913 Webster] Lumbar
Synonyms of 'lumbago'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscess,
- adenoiditis,
- adrenitis,
- ague,
- anemia,
- ankylosis,
- anoxia,
- apnea,
- appendicitis,
- arteritis,
- arthritis deformans,
- arthritis fungosa,
- arthritis pauperum,
- asphyxiation,
- asthma,
- ataxia,
- atrophic arthritis,
- atrophic inflammation,
- atrophy,
- backache,
- bleeding,
- blennorhea,
- blennorrhagic arthritis,
- brain fever,
- bronchitis,
- bunion,
- bursitis,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- capillaritis,
- carditis,
- catarrh,
- catarrhal inflammation,
- cerebellitis,
- cerebral meningitis,
- cerebritis,
- cerebrospinal meningitis,
- chill,
- chills,
- chronic infectious arthritis,
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- cirrhotic inflammation,
- climactic arthritis,
- clitoritis,
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- colitis,
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- conjunctivitis,
- constipation,
- convulsion,
- coughing,
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- diarrhea,
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- dizziness,
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- edema,
- emaciation,
- encephalitis,
- endocarditis,
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- fibrillation,
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- flux,
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- gastritis,
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- growth,
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- hepatitis,
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- hydrops,
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- hypertension,
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- hypotension,
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- indigestion,
- infectional arthritis,
- infectious hepatitis,
- inflammation,
- insomnia,
- irritable bowel syndrome,
- itching,
- jaundice,
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- low blood pressure,
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- marasmus,
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- necrosis,
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- ophthalitis,
- ophthalmia,
- orchitis,
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- otitis,
- paradental pyorrhea,
- paralysis,
- penitis,
- pericarditis,
- periodontitis,
- peritonitis,
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- urethral arthritis,
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- uteritis,
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- vertigo,
- visceral rheumatism,
- vomiting,
- vulvitis,
- wasting,
- wryneck