| sacrectomy | Resection of a portion of the sacrum to facilitate an operation. Synonym: sacrotomy. Origin: sacr-+ G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sacred | 1. Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service. 2. Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history. "Smit with the love of sacred song." (Milton) 3. Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable. "Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood Should nothing privilege him." (Shak) "Poet and saint to thee alone were given, The two most sacred names of earth and heaven." (Cowley) 4. Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable. "Secrets of marriage still are sacred held." (Dryden) 5. Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; with to. "A temple, sacred to the queen of love." (Dryden) 6. Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful. "But, to destruction sacred and devote." (Milton) Society of the Sacred Heart, the place where a deceased person is buried. Synonym: Holy, divine, hallowed, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, religious, venerable, reverend. Sa"credly, Sa"credness. Origin: Originally p.p. Of OE. Sacren to consecrate, F. Sacrer, fr. L. Sacrare, fr. Sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Cf. Consecrate, Execrate, Saint, Sextion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacred bone | <anatomy> The triangular-shaped bone lying between the 5th lumbar vertebra and the coccyx (tailbone). It consists of 5 vertebrae fused together and it articulates on each side with the bones of the pelvis (ilium), forming the sacroiliac joints. (17 Dec 1997) |
| sacrifice | 1. The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite. "Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud, To Dagon." (Milton) 2. Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victin, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation. "Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice." (Milton) "My life, if thou preserv's my life, Thy sacrifice shall be." (Addison) 3. Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest. 4. A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value. Burnt sacrifice. See Burnt offering, under Burnt. Sacrifice hit, in batting, a hit of such a kind that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base. Origin: OE. Sacrifise, sacrifice, F. Sacrifice, fr. L. Sacrificium; sacer sacer + facere = to make. See Sacred, and Fact. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sacro- | <anatomy, prefix> A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to, the sacrum, as in sacro-coccyageal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic. (29 Oct 1998) |
| sacroanterior position | A breech presentation of the foetus with the sacrum pointing to the right (right sacroanterior, RSA) or to the left (left sacroanterior, LSA) acetabulum of the mother. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrococcygeal | Relating to both sacrum and coccyx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrococcygeal disc | A thin plate of fibrocartilage interposed between the sacrum and coccyx. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrococcygeal joint | The cartilaginous articulation of the coccyx with the sacrum. Synonym: articulatio sacrococcygea, coccygeal joint, junctura sacrococcygea, sacrococcygeal junction, symphysis sacrococcygea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrococcygeal junction | The cartilaginous articulation of the coccyx with the sacrum. Synonym: articulatio sacrococcygea, coccygeal joint, junctura sacrococcygea, sacrococcygeal junction, symphysis sacrococcygea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrococcygeal teratoma | <tumour> Found in the region of the primitive pit and node. Most common tumour in the newborn period. Triphyllomatous teratoma, a teratoma composed of tissues derived from all three germ layers. Synonym: tridermoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrococcygeus | See: muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrodural ligament | <anatomy> A longitudinal bundle of fibrous filaments running from the midline of the inferior part of the dural sac to the posterior longitudinal ligament of the sacrum. Synonym: ligamentum sacrodurale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrodynia | Synonym: sacralgia. Origin: sacro-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| sacrogenital folds | Peritoneal fold's that extend backward from the sides of the bladder of the male or uterus of the female on either side of the rectum to the sacrum, forming the lateral boundaries of the rectovesical pouch. See: sacrouterine fold, sacrovesical fold. (05 Mar 2000) |