sacral vertebra

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

   Broadervertebra

   Part ofsacrum

Questions about sacral vertebra

What does sacral vertebra mean?

sacral vertebra means "one of 5 vertebrae in the human spine that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum".

Is sacral vertebra a common word?

sacral vertebra is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.