thoracolumbar

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adjective

of or relating to the thoracic and lumbar areas

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Meanings

adjectivethoracolumbar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableof or relating to the thoracic and lumbar areas

    Following laminectomy at the thoracolumbar transition, 100,000 cells in a volume of 1 µl CMF-HBSS were injected into the dorsal column of 7-day-old md rats at one or several levels.

    1999 July 30, Oliver Brüstle et al., “Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Glial Precursors: A Source of Myelinating Transplants”, in Science, volume 285, number 5428, →DOI, pages 754–756

Origin

From thoraco- + lumbar.

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APA

thoracolumbar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracolumbar

MLA

“thoracolumbar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracolumbar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoracolumbar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoracolumbar.

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