SACRAL VERTEBRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sacral vertebra mean? 

• SACRAL VERTEBRA (noun)
  The noun SACRAL VERTEBRA has 1 sense:

1. one of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum

  Familiarity information: SACRAL VERTEBRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACRAL VERTEBRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("sacral vertebra" is a kind of...):

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

Holonyms ("sacral vertebra" is a part of...):

sacrum (wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx)