Word Meanings - SACRAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.

PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
SACRUM
That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis. Note: It may consist of a single vertebra or of several more or less consolidated. In man it forms the dorsal, or posterior, wall of the pelvis,
REGIONAL
Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
REGION
1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.
PHOTIC REGION
The uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light.
APHOTIC REGION
A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.
TRANSREGIONATE
Foreign. Holinshed.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach