Definitions for sacrum

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sacrum sac·rum

Spelling: [sak-ruh m, sey-kruh m]

IPA: /ˈsæk rəm, ˈseɪ krəm/

Sacrum is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in sacrum (acmrsu).

Definitions for sacrum

noun

1. 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.

Origin of sacrum

1745-55; Late Latin (os) sacrum holy (bone), translation of Greek hieròn ostéon

Examples for sacrum

The structure so formed may be named the notarium to distinguish it from the sacrum.

Some rheumatic pains in limbs, and heaviness about the sacrum.

The ilia are not connected with the sacrum by ossified sacral ribs.

The ossification of the sacrum also has reached its culminating point.

It was U-shaped, following the ridges of the ilia and the sacrum.

The straightness of the sacrum will also be a guide in other cases.

The sacrum is formed by a number of caudal and dorsal vertebr.

Fig. 4, represents one of the lumbar vertebræ, (five in number,) which are immediately above the sacrum.

Distance from acetabular axis to anterior end of sacrum 30 mm.

They are united to the sacrum behind and joined to each other in front.