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
In the adult, this fetal curvature is retained in two regions of the vertebral column as the thoracic curve, which involves the thoracic vertebrae, and the sacrococcygeal curve, formed by the sacrum and coccyx.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The adult vertebral column consists of 24 vertebrae plus the sacrum and coccyx.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
