different between lumbago vs lumbaginous

English

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Late Latin lumb?g? (“backache of the lumbar region”), from Late Latin lumbus (“lumbar”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lend?- (“loins”)) + -?g? (suffix forming nouns describing objects, animals, and plants).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l?m?be????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?m?be???o?/, /?l?m-/
• Rhymes: -e????
• Hyphenation: lum?ba?go

Noun

lumbago (countable and uncountable, plural lumbagos) (pathology, also attributively)

1. (uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

   Synonyms: low back pain, (abbreviation) LBP
2. (countable) An episode of such backache.

Related terms

• lumbaginous

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:pain

Verb

lumbago (third-person singular simple present lumbagos, present participle lumbagoing, simple past and past participle lumbagoed)

1. (transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago.

Translations

References

Further reading

• low back pain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

1. (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back)

Romanian

Etymology

From French lumbago, from Latin lumbago.

Noun

lumbago n (uncountable)

1. lumbago

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lumb?go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lum?ba?o/, [l?m?ba.??o]
• Rhymes: -a?o
• Hyphenation: lum?ba?go

Noun

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

1. (pathology) lumbago

   Synonym: lumbalgia

Further reading

• “lumbago” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?m?bæd??n?s/

Adjective

lumbaginous (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to lumbago.