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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
/ ˈsæk°ùÉ™³¾; ˈseɪk°ùÉ™³¾ /
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
/ ²õÄå′°ì°ùÉ™³¾,²õă°ì′°ùÉ™³¾ /
, 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
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sacrum1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sacrum1
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Example Sentences
Woods said his sacrum had to be put back in place.
She curls into a ball, pounding her fists against the floor, and later balances on her sacrum, torso gently circling, in a resemblance of yearning or prayer.
"Only by acknowledging our common Western identity and our common Judeo-Christian values, only by creating a new sacrum imperium, a new holy empire, can we overcome the current EU, the evil empire."
I was born without a sacrum, the bone that connects the spine to the pelvis.
She has congenital sacral agenesis, meaning she was born with no sacrum.
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