sacrum
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1. wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | bone, os, |
| definition | : | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | sacral vertebra, |
| definition | : | one of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, |
| definition | : | the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | sacral, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or near the sacrum (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | sacral, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or near the sacrum (adj.pert) |
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