1. The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs
   "She felt a sharp pain in her loins";
   - pubes, pubic region
    
2. The region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen
   "He felt a sharp pain in his loins after lifting the heavy box"

1. Either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
   "The massage therapist focused on the loin area to relieve lower back pain";
   - lumbus
    
2. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
   "The butcher cut a tender pork loin roast"

Type of: area, body part, cut, cut of meat, region

Part of: body, homo, human, human being, man, quadruped, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Loins