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sacrospinous

sacrospinous adjective: pertaining to the sacrum and spine.

Adjective

sacrospinous (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the sacrum and spine.
    • The Dissector spits out Latin terms for ligaments — sacrospinous, sacrotuberous; Montross hears them “like a call to prayer.”2007 June 24, Mary Roach, “Love and Human Remains”, in New York Times

Origin of sacrospinous

From sacro- + spinous.

Questions about sacrospinous

What does sacrospinous mean?
Sacrospinous means pertaining to the sacrum and spine.
What part of speech is sacrospinous?
Sacrospinous is an adjective.

Words near sacrospinous in the dictionary

  1. sacrosanctum
  2. sacrosciatic
  3. sacrosecular
  4. sacrospinal
  5. sacrospinalis
  6. sacrospinous
  7. sacrotransverse
  8. sacrotuberal
  9. sacrotuberous
  10. sacrouterine
  11. sacrovaginal

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