Sacrum \Sa"crum\, n.; pl. sacra. [NL., fr. L. sacer sacred, os
   sacrum the lowest bone of the spine.] (Anat.)
   That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected
   with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.
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   Note: It may consist of a single vertebra or of several more
         or less consolidated. In man it forms the dorsal, or
         posterior, wall of the pelvis, and consists of five
         united vertebrae, which diminish in size very rapidly
         to the posterior extremity, which bears the coccyx.
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