Usage Note
Lombaire describes anything relating to the lumbar region of the lower back. Une vertèbre lombaire is a lumbar vertebra; une douleur lombaire is lower-back pain. The plural les lombaires is also used as a noun to refer to the lumbar vertebrae collectively.
Examples
"Il souffre d'une douleur lombaire chronique."
Natural Translation
He suffers from chronic lower-back pain.
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