coccyx
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The boy was fifteen, skinny, almost malnourished, so that the hip bones and coccyx stood out sharply.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Following this evolutionary split, the group of apes that includes present-day humans evolved the formation of fewer tail vertebrae, giving rise to the coccyx, or tailbone.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
The adult vertebral column consists of 24 vertebrae plus the sacrum and coccyx.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The vertebral column originally develops as 33 vertebrae, but is eventually reduced to 24 vertebrae, plus the sacrum and coccyx.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
When sitting, spasmodic pains in the lower portion of the abdomen extending into the rectum and coccyx.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
