also Brit  sa*cral*isa*tion  n :  incorporation (as of the last lumbar vertebra or any of its parts) into the sacrum : specif  :  a congenital anomaly in which the fifth lumbar vertebra is fused to the sacrum in varying degrees .
 
 
 
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