Coccygeous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of coccygeal. not-comparable

    "By sweeping the finger from side to side through an arc of 180 degrees at successfully higher levels, the examiner can palpate all of the fibers of the leva- tor ani and of the coccygeous muscle."

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coccygeal

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"By sweeping the finger from side to side through an arc of 180 degrees at successfully higher levels, the examiner can palpate all of the fibers of the leva- tor ani and of the coccygeous muscle."

Etymology

From coccyx + -ous.

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