SACRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sacral mean? 

• SACRAL (adjective)
  The adjective SACRAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to or near the sacrum

2. of or relating to sacred rites

  Familiarity information: SACRAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SACRAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or near the sacrum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

sacrum (wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx)

Derivation:

sacrum (wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to sacred rites

Context example:

sacral laws

Similar:

sacred (concerned with religion or religious purposes)

 Context examples 

The thirty-first and final spinal nerve arising from the sacral plexus.

(Coccygeal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

Acute or chronic pain in the lumbar or sacral regions, which may be associated with musculo-ligamentous SPRAINS AND STRAINS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; and other conditions.

(Lower Back Pain, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The cell bodies of the parasympathetic preganglionic fibers are in brain stem nuclei and in the sacral spinal cord.

(Parasympathetic nervous system, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

One of the three lymph nodes of the pelvis: the superior gluteal, interior gluteal or sacral.

(Iliac Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

Cyst of the nerve roots filled with cerebrospinal fluid, usually located in the sacral area of the spine.

(Perineural Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

Benign and malignant neoplasms arising from one or more of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, or coccygeal nerve roots.

(Nerve Root Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A series of nerves within the pelvis formed mostly by the extension of the hypogastric plexus and branches from the second, third and fourth sacral nerves.

(Inferior Hypogastric Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus)

The lower part of the SPINAL CORD consisting of the lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal nerve roots.

(Cauda Equina, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The aortic branches include terminal branches called the common iliac arteries, the celiac artery, the superior mesenteric artery, the inferior mesenteric artery, the renal arteries, the suprarenal arteries, the testicular (internal spermatic) arteries, the ovarian arteries, the inferior phrenic arteries, lumbar arteries and the middle sacral artery.

(Abdominal Aorta Branch, NCI Thesaurus)