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lumbarization

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lumbarization /lum·bar·iza·tion/ (lum″bar-ĭ-za´shun) nonfusion of the first and second segments of the sacrum so that there is one additional articulated vertebra, the sacrum consisting of only four segments.
lum·bar·i·za·tion (lmbr--zshn)
n.
Sacral development of the fifth lumbar vertebra.

lumbarization
nonfusion of the first and second segments of the sacrum so that there is one additional articulated vertebra, the sacrum consisting of one fewer segment.

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Given the region's suspectibility for congenital anomalies, such as sacralization of lumbar vertebra or lumbarization of S1, symmetry perhaps should not be assumed as indicating normality.
 
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