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coccyx

[kok-siks] / ˈkɒk sɪks /
NOUN
small of the back
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Figure 7.29 Sacrum and Coccyx The sacrum is formed from the fusion of five sacral vertebrae, whose lines of fusion are indicated by the transverse ridges.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

An Account of its proper Dressing and Bandage hath been already given in the Fracture of the Coccyx.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Coccyx, in the human embryo; convoluted body at the extremity of the; imbedded in the body.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles




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