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alcove(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
vertebra(dictionary)
vertebra(dictionary)
vertebra(medicine)
cranial vertebra(medicine)
ivory vertebra(medicine)
C1 (cervical vertebra)(health)

vertebra magna (medicine) and alcove (oh)


vertebra magna (medicine)


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sacrum
<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.


alcove (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: alc?ve, from Spanish alcoba, from Arabic al-qubbah 'the arch']
a place in the wall of a room that is built further back than the rest of the wall