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What does coccyx mean?
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NounPlural: coccyxes |
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| coccyx - the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes | ||
| tail bone | ||
| bone, os a shade of white the color of bleached bones | ||
| pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, hip a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter | ||
| spinal column, vertebral column, rachis, backbone, spine, back the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- coccyx (n.)
The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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coccyx
The final fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, connected to the sacrum.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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coccyx
kok′siks, n. (anat.) the lower bone of the vertebral column:—pl. Coc′cyges.—adjs. Coccyg′ēal, Coccyg′ian. [Gr. kokkyx, the cuckoo, from its bill.]
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