Sacrum
noun
A triangle-shaped bone at the base of your spine.
The spine ends with the coccyx, which follows the sacrum.
Often appears as...
- sacrum bone
- fractured sacrum
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Technical
noun
A triangle-shaped bone at the base of your spine.
The spine ends with the coccyx, which follows the sacrum.
Often appears as...
- sacrum bone
- fractured sacrum
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Location Clarity
The sacrum is the link between your lumbar spine and tailbone.
He felt pain right above the tailbone, in the sacrum area.
Pro Tip 2/3Pronunciation
Pronounced as 'SAE-krəm', with stress on the first syllable.
After the fall, they discovered her sacrum was fractured.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
Sacrum is often mentioned in medical or anatomical discussions, not in everyday conversation.
The MRI showed an anomaly in the sacrum.
Compare with
coccygeal
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my husband was pressing down on my sacrum to keep my body from breaking. My father was waiting behind the hospital curtain more like hiding. But my mother was at my side. The midwife said she could see the baby's head,
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my husband was pressing down on my sacrum to keep my body from breaking. My father was waiting behind the hospital curtain more like hiding. But my mother was at my side. The midwife said she could see the baby's head,
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