See Also: sacral horns(medicine)
Pulling in their horns(money)
iliac horns(medicine)
Pulling in their horns(finance)
horns of hyoid bone(medicine)
horns of thyroid cartilage(medicine)
horns of saphenous opening(medicine)
sacral(1)(dictionary)
sacral(medicine)
sacral(2)(dictionary)

calycle (iou) and sacral horns (medicine)


calycle (iou)



calycle noun. . M18.
[Latin calyculus dim. of CALYX, -yc-: see -CLE.]
Botany. A small calyx or calycine structure, esp. of bracts.
calycled adjective = calyculated L18.
calycular adjective of or pertaining to a calycle, calycine M17.
calyculate adjective = calyculated M19.
calyculated adjective enclosed in or furnished with a calycle L17.

sacral horns (medicine)


sacral horns -->
sacral cornua


The most caudal parts of the intermediate sacral crest. On each side they form the lateral margin of the sacral hiatus and articulate with the coccygeal cornua.

Synonym: cornua sacralia, sacral horns.