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Definition of Sacral
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to sacred rites. "Sacral laws"
Definition of Sacral
1. a. Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.
Definition of Sacral
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of the sacrum. ¹
2. Adjective. Sacred ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sacral
1. a vertebra or nerve situated near the sacrum [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sacral
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sacral
Literary usage of Sacral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The fourth anterior sacral nerve sends a branch to join the sacral plexus.
The remaining portion of the nerve divides into visceral and muscular branches, ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"the lumbo-sacral cord, and gives origin to the greater part of the superior ...
sacral AND COCCYGEAL NERVES. The ventral primary divisions of the first four ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE sacral PLEXUS. It is by no means an unfrequent occurrence
for the two popliteal nerves to arise separately from the sacral plexus; ..."
4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, Allen Thomson, John G. Cleland (1867)
"The anterior divisions of the first four sacral nerves emerge from the spinal
canal by the anterior sacral foramina, and the fifth passes out between the ..."
5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The sacral canal is curved with the bone, and gradually narrows as it descends
... It terminates on the posterior surface of the bone between the sacral ..."
6. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"fibres pass, which issue from the 4th sacral roots, and enter the peripheral part
of the 3rd sacral trunk early in its course. The first of the connecting ..."
7. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The lateral sacral arteries (a. sacralis lateralis) (Fig. 473) are usually two
in number—superior and inferior. The superior, which is of large size, ..."
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