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sacrum
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sacrum: see spinal column spinal column, bony column forming the main structural support of the skeleton of humans and other vertebrates, also known as the vertebral column or backbone. It consists of segments known as vertebrae linked by intervertebral disks and held together by ligaments.
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sacrum
1. (in man) the large wedge-shaped bone, consisting of five fused vertebrae, in the lower part of the back
2. the corresponding part in some other vertebrates


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