English terms dictionary. 2015.
coccyx — [ kɔksis ] n. m. • 1541; gr. kokkux « coucou », par anal. de forme avec le bec de cet oiseau ♦ Anat. Petit os situé à l extrémité inférieure de la colonne vertébrale, articulé avec le sacrum. Une fracture du coccyx. Fam. Tomber sur le coccyx, se… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Coccyx — Coc cyx, n.; pl. L. {Coccyges}. [L., cuckoo, Gr. ?, cuckoo, coccyx. So called from its resemblance to the beak of a cuckoo.] (Anat.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coccyx — 1610s, from L. coccyx, from Gk. kokkyx cuckoo (from kokku, like the bird s English name echoic of its cry), so called by ancient Greek physician Galen because the bone in humans supposedly resembles a cuckoo s beak … Etymology dictionary
Coccyx — (v. gr.), 1) der Kukuk, s.d.; 2) Schmetterlingsgattung der Wickler; 3) (Oscoccygis) Steißbein. Daher Coccygeisch, was auf dasselbe sich bezieht, so Coccygeische Arterie, s. Steißbeinarterie etc … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Coccyx — Coccyx, Os coccўgis, Kuckucksbein, das Steißbein am untersten Teile der Wirbelsäule … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
coccyx — meaning a bone at the base of the spine, is pronounced kok siks. The plural is coccyxes or (more rarely) coccyges (kok si jeez) … Modern English usage
coccyx — [käk′siks΄] n. pl. coccyges [käk sī′jēz΄] [L, cuckoo < Gr kokkyx (< kokku, echoic of its cry): so called because shaped like a cuckoo s beak] a small, triangular bone at the lower end of the vertebral column, formed by the fusion of four… … English World dictionary
Coccyx — This article is about the tailbone in humans. For the tailbone in animals, see Rump (croup). The tortrix moth genus Coccyx is nowadays considered a junior synonym of Cydia. Bone: Coccyx A coccyx with four vertebrae below the sacrum … Wikipedia
Coccyx — Le coccyx. Le coccyx est un os situé à l extrémité de la colonne vertébrale chez l humain et chez certains primates non humains (Hominoidea[1]). Il résulte de la soudure de quatre à six vertèbres atrophiées, nommées les vertèbres coccygiennes. Il … Wikipédia en Français
coccyx — coccygeal /kok sij ee euhl/, adj. /kok siks/, n., pl. coccyges /kok suy jeez, kok si jeez /. 1. a small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the spinal column in humans, consisting of four ankylosed rudimentary vertebrae. See diag.… … Universalium
