COCCYGEAL NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coccygeal nerve mean? 

• COCCYGEAL NERVE (noun)
  The noun COCCYGEAL NERVE has 1 sense:

1. the lowest pair of spinal nerves

  Familiarity information: COCCYGEAL NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCCYGEAL NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lowest pair of spinal nerves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

coccygeal nerve; nervus coccygeus

Hypernyms ("coccygeal nerve" is a kind of...):

nervus spinalis; spinal nerve (any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal))

 Context examples 

Benign and malignant neoplasms arising from one or more of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, or coccygeal nerve roots.

(Nerve Root Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The lower part of the SPINAL CORD consisting of the lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal nerve roots.

(Cauda Equina, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)