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Definition of Tailbone
1. the coccyx [n -S] - See also: coccyx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tailbone
Literary usage of Tailbone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"tail (offish, in counting fish). tailbone ... end of the spinal column, tailbone,
coccyx. tailor choon teete (teete^nu. phr.): tailor, seamstress. tainted ..."
2. Medicare Home Health Agencies: Weaknesses in Federal and State Oversight by Kathryn G. Allen, Walter Ochinko (2003)
"September 16 LVN noted lower back wound with gray/brown drainage tunneled 1 inch
to tailbone. LPN did not notify RN. September 18 LVN noted dead tissue ..."
3. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"Sherman sat down, and his tailbone immediately slid forward.The seat seemed to
tilt the wrong way. His shoulder blades hit the back cushions, which rested ..."
4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"His arm ached from holding it aloft, and his back and tailbone were numb with
the ache of a night spent sitting up against their mother's side. ..."
5. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"His arm ached from holding it aloft, and his back and tailbone were numb with
the ache of a night spent sitting up against their mother's side. ..."
6. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"Another bone is attached to its lowest part and hangs down; the Greeks can call
it coccyx, and we tailbone. This one too consists of four rounded thin bones ..."
7. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"... ('stingray tailbone master') or stingray manager knew the medicines and spells
to protect people from wounds inflicted by stingray tail- bones or ..."
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