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Webster 1913 Edition


Coccyx


Coc′cyx

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Noun.
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pl. L.
Coccyges
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[L., cuckoo, Gr. [GREEK], cuckoo, coccyx. So called from its resemblance to the beak of a cuckoo.]
(Anat.)
The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebræ more or less consolidated.

Definition 2024


coccyx

coccyx

English

the coccyx

Noun

coccyx (plural coccyges)

  1. (medicine, formal) The final (bottommost) fused vertebrae at the base of the spine, the tailbone.

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔk.sis/

Noun

coccyx m (plural coccyx)

  1. (anatomy) coccyx, tailbone

Portuguese

Noun

coccyx m (plural coccyx)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cóccix (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).