sacral

Any of the sacral bones that make up the sacrum.

Adjective

  1. Of the sacrum.
  2. Sacred.
    • An old site with sacral connotations. - 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 877:
    • Compromise is awkward when religion is involved, and the several South Asian writing systems are considered sacral. - 2005, Richard Oliver Collin, Revolutionary scripts: the politics of writing systems:

Origin

From Modern Latin sacrālis, from Latin sacrum (“sacred, holy”) + -ālis.

Forms

more sacral most sacral

Derived

bulbosacral caudosacral cervicothoracolumbosacral craniosacral dorsosacral extrasacral iliosacral ischiosacral lumbosacral nonsacral occipitosacral parasacral postsacral presacral rectosacral sacral dimple sacralgia sacrality sacralize sacrally sacral nerve sacral vertebra spinosacral subsacral

Noun

  1. Any of the sacral bones that make up the sacrum.

Forms

sacrals