coccygeal

9.9

Near the tailbone at the base of the spine

adjective
/kɒkˈsɪdʒiəl/

Specialized

: coccígeo

A coccygeal examination revealed no serious damage after the accident.

Examples

He experienced discomfort in the coccygeal area due to prolonged sitting.
Donna was born with a coccygeal immature teratoma; she's six now and appears to be cured.

Fiction book (1996)
Pelin et al. 43 evaluate the possibility of predicting living stature from the coccygeal vertebral dimensions in the adult male population of Turkey.

Academic text (2007)
The doctor explained that her pain was related to a coccygeal issue after she fell while cycling.

Compounds

coccygeal nerve

Specialized

7.7

A nerve near the tailbone at the base of the spine

coccygeal plexus

Specialized

9.9

A small group of nerves near the tailbone that send feeling to the skin there

coccygeal vertebra

Specialized

7.0

A small bone at the base of the spine that joins others to make the tailbone

How Low

coccygeal

Specialized

9.9

sacral

Specialized

1 8.2

lumbar

Specialized

1 6.0

thoracic

Specialized

20 7.0

cervical

Specialized

18 5.7

Surface Forms

coccygeal positive

Morphology

coccygeal = coccyx (transparent) = coccyx + eal

Formed from 'coccyx' + the adjectival suffix '-eal', so the meaning 'relating to the coccyx' is directly derived despite a spelling change (x → g).

Etymology

Coccygeal comes from the Greek word kokkyx, which means 'cuckoo', because the small tailbone looks like a cuckoo's beak. The same root is in coccyx, so coccygeal describes things 'near the tailbone'.