It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Clarissa is most bright, most famous. Latin version of Clarice occasionally found in medieval documents and made famous by Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa, also known as the History of a Young Lady (1748).
A Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered. A lumbar hernia an uncommon type of abdominal hernia that develops in the lumbar region of the back. The lumbar region is the area of muscles that cover the lower back, from the bottom of the rib cage to the top of the pelvis.
Lumbar hernias occur through defects in the lumbar muscles or the posterior fascia, below the 12th rib. Patients with lumbar hernias can present with a variety of symptoms, including a back pain, bowel obstruction (if contents contain bowel), or urinary obstruction (if contents are kidney / ureter).