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Sacro-
Sacro- comes from the Latin word "sacer" meaning "sacred." This is because the sacrum was considered a sacred (highly valued; holy) bone. Specifically, it was believed that the sacrum could not be destroyed and that it was the part of the body that would allow someone to rise from the dead.
A word part meaning sacrum, a large bone in the lower part of the spine that is shaped like a triangle. As an example of a word using sacro-, see sacrococcygeal, which means
pertaining to both the sacrum and the coccyx (tailbone). The coccyx is a beaked shaped bone that makes up part of the back of the pelvis. The pelvis is a massive bone made of hip bones on each side and the front, while the back part is made of the sacrum and the coccyx. The coccyx is below the sacrum.
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