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sacrum
[ sak-ruhm, sey-kruhm ]
noun
- a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.
sacrum
/ ˈsækrəm; ˈseɪkrəm /
noun
- (in man) the large wedge-shaped bone, consisting of five fused vertebrae, in the lower part of the back
- the corresponding part in some other vertebrates
sacrum
/ sā′krəm,săk′rəm /
, Plural sacra
- A triangular bone at the base of the spine, above the coccyx (tailbone), that forms the rear section of the pelvis. In humans it is made up of five vertebrae that fuse together by adulthood.
- See more at skeleton
Word History and Origins
Origin of sacrum1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sacrum1
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Example Sentences
In June, she learned she had an overuse injury, a stress reaction in her sacrum that’s forced her to take a break from hard training.
They thought they could see the IUD, somewhere near my sacrum, and an embryo embedded not in my fallopian tube, but in my uterus.
Baptismum accipiebant velut sacrum aliquod signum similitudinis & confœderationis cum Gallis.
The os sacrum is composed of five vertebr, as in man, but in apes or monkeys of only three.
Fig. 4, represents one of the lumbar vertebræ, (five in number,) which are immediately above the sacrum.
There are but two positions worthy of notice in this presentation, and they are determined by the child's sacrum.
The body always rotates so that the back comes in front, and the chin passes into the curve of the Sacrum.
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