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“sacralgia”
1. Pain in the sacrum (triangular bone just below the lumbar vertebrae): Sacralgia is often the result of a disk prolapse or a slipped disk.
2. Etymology: from the Latin sacer, "sacred" + the Greek element algos, "pain".
2. Etymology: from the Latin sacer, "sacred" + the Greek element algos, "pain".
The word "sacred" is used because the sacrum was considered a sacred (highly valued; holy) bone since it was believed that the sacrum could not be destroyed and that it was the part of the body that would allow someone to rise from the dead.
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algesi-, alge-, alges-, algesio-, algi-, algio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algetic, -algic, -algia, -algy
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1. Pain in the triangular spinal bone below the lumbar vertebrae which is usually caused by pressure on a spinal nerve in the area of the back: Sacralgia is often the result of a disk prolapse or a slipped disk.
2. Etymology: from the Latin sacer, "sacred" + the Greek element algos, "pain".
2. Etymology: from the Latin sacer, "sacred" + the Greek element algos, "pain".
The word "sacred" is used because the sacrum was considered a sacred (highly valued; holy) bone since it was believed that the sacrum could not be destroyed and that it was the part of the body that would allow someone to rise from the dead.
This entry is located in the following unit:
sacr-, sacro-
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