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Medical Definition of Coccygeal body

1. An arteriovenous (arteriolovenular) anastomosis supplied by the middle sacral artery and located on the pelvic surface of the coccyx. It was formerly called a gland (of Luschka) or a glomus and included with the paraganglia. Synonym: corpus coccygeum, arteriococcygeal gland, coccygeal gland, glomus coccygeum. (05 Mar 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccygeal Body

Coccothraustes Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccous cocculin Cocculus Cocculus carolinus coccus coccus Coccus hesperidum coccyalgia

coccycephaly coccydynia coccygalgia coccygeal coccygeal coccygeal body (current term) coccygeal bone coccygeal cornua coccygeal dimple coccygeal fistula

coccygeal foveola coccygeal ganglion coccygeal gland coccygeal horn coccygeal joint coccygeal muscle coccygeal nerve coccygeal nerve coccygeal part of spinal cord coccygeal plexus

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