coccyx

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The boy was fifteen, skinny, almost malnourished, so that the hip bones and coccyx stood out sharply.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Following this evolutionary split, the group of apes that includes present-day humans evolved the formation of fewer tail vertebrae, giving rise to the coccyx, or tailbone.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

Around the age of 70, the sacrum and the coccyx may fuse together.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The coccyx is attached to the inferior end of the sacrum.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

A lady complained of pain in her rectum continuously; the coccyx was also quite tender to the touch.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock