presacral

P3R1E1S1A1C3R1A1L1

adjective

Situated in front of the sacrum.

OriginEnglish sacral ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivepresacral (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomySituated in front of the sacrum.
nounpresacral (plural presacrals)

plural presacrals

  1. A presacral vertebra.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishsacral
  10. Englishpresacral

From pre- + sacral.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

presacral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presacral

MLA

“presacral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presacral. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “presacral,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presacral.

Source: presacral on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.