sacrum

Noun

Meaning

That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Antonyms

power hand enough influence front ability
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Hypernyms

bone os

Related terms

nomen sacrum

Derivatives

sacra

Anagrams

Marcus

Examples

The lab file on Geoff Campbell identified fragments of his scapula, femur and sacrum – and those fragments were tiny. Source: Internet

The sacrum Romanum imperium (Holy Roman Empire), which lasted from 800 to 1806, claimed to have exclusively comprehended Christian principalities, and was only nominally a discrete imperial state. Source: Internet

Postcranial skeleton Life restoration of A. fragilis Allosaurus had nine vertebrae in the neck, 14 in the back, and five in the sacrum supporting the hips. Source: Internet

Sacer, sacra, sacrum omits its e while miser, misera, miserum keeps it. Source: Internet

Similarly, the sacrum is usually counted as a single bone, rather than five fused vertebrae. Source: Internet

The illium has elongated and formed a mobile joint with the sacrum which, in specialist jumpers such as ranids and hylids, functions as an additional limb joint to further power the leaps. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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