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coc⋅cyx

  [kok-siks]
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–noun, plural coc⋅cy⋅ges  [kok-sahy-jeez, kok-si-jeez] .
1. a small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the spinal column in humans, consisting of four ankylosed rudimentary vertebrae.
2. a corresponding part in certain animals.
Origin:
1605–15; < NL < Gk kókkyx cuckoo, from its resemblance to a cuckoo's beak

Related forms:
coc⋅cyg⋅e⋅al  [kok-sij-ee-uhl] , adjective
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coc·cyg·e·al   (kŏk-sĭj'ē-əl)   
adj.  Of or relating to the coccyx: coccygeal vertebra.

[From New Latin coccȳx, coccȳg-, coccyx; see coccyx.]
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coccyx 
1615, from Gk. kokkyx "cuckoo" (from kokku, like the bird's Eng. name echoic of its cry), so called by ancient Gk. physician Galen because the bone in humans supposedly resembles a cuckoo's beak.
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Main Entry: coc·cy·geal
Pronunciation: käk-'sij-(E-)&l
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or affecting the coccyx coccygeal fracture>

Main Entry: coc·cyx
Pronunciation: 'käk-siks
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural coc·cy·ges /'käk-s&-"jEz/ also coc·cyx·es /'käk-sik-s&z/
: a small bone that articulates with the sacrum and that usually consistsof four fused vertebrae which form the terminus of the spinal column
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coccygeal coc·cyg·e·al (kŏk-sĭj'ē-əl)
adj.
Relating to the coccyx.

coccyx coc·cyx (kŏk'sĭks)
n. pl. coc·cy·ges (kŏk-sī'jēz, kŏk'sĭ-jēz')
The small triangular bone located at the base of the spinal column, formed by the fusion of four rudimentary vertebrae, and articulating above with the sacrum. Also called tailbone.

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