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🙏 To make holy 🦴 To fuse with sacrum
to sacralize

to sacralize

9.9
To join a bone in the lower back to the large bone at the base of the spine
  • verb
  • /ˈseɪkrəˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sacralizar
  • Some people are born with a sacralized lumbar vertebra, which can affect posture.

Examples

  • The X-ray showed that the L5 vertebra had sacralized, limiting the patient's lower back movement.

  • The doctor explained how trauma could sacralize a vertebra over time.

  • Surgeons often sacralize the lumbar vertebrae during spinal procedures.

  • The procedure sacralizes the lower spine for better alignment.

  • The X-ray showed that the L5 vertebra had sacralized, limiting the patient's lower back movement.

  • Some people are born with a sacralized lumbar vertebra, which can affect posture.

  • The procedure sacralizes the lower spine to improve the patient's alignment.

Surface Forms

sacralize infinitive
sacralized past
sacralized past participle
sacralizing present participle
sacralizes third person singular

Morphology

sacralize = sacral (semi-transparent) = sacral + ize

The transformation from 'sacral' to 'sacralize' is clear, but the specific anatomical meaning requires specialized knowledge.

Etymology

Sacralize also comes from the Latin word sacrum, literally the 'sacred' bone at the base of the spine, and from sacral, which refers to that bone. So to sacralize a vertebra is to make it part of the sacrum—to fuse it with that bone, which is why the word is used in medicine.