cauda
Americannoun
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caudae
plural
noun
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zoology the area behind the anus of an animal; tail
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anatomy
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any tail-like structure
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the posterior part of an organ
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cauda
1690–1700; < Latin: tail
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The “Criminal Minds” star also underwent multiple spinal surgeries to manage cauda equina syndrome, a rare condition in which nerve bundles in the lumbar or sacral spine are compressed or not functioning properly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
You don't have to serve them with the bagna cauda sauce . . . but you really should.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2022
Erectile dysfunction, for example, can be caused by cardiovascular issues, depression, and even musculoskeletal problems like cauda equina syndrome—three things that can’t be treated with an ED drug.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2022
They are high partly because many of those who get cauda equina syndrome are young, may not be able to work again and need lifetime care.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2019
The true derivation is from the French coe, an old form of queue, a tail, from Lat. cauda, hence couart or couard.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
That the perfection of consistency in a nation, is to dock itself at home, while its foreign agents furiously cultivate caudae abroad.
From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
"Well, sir, WE too have our traditions; and an eminent writer, at no great distance of time, has laid it down as incontrovertible, that men once HAD caudae."
From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
These writers had the audacity to say that the Leaplowers had cut off all their caudae, and the whole community was convulsed at an outrage so unprecedented.
From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
Had he asked me, for instance, how many caudae our bishops wear, I should have been badgered; for, as near as I could recollect, their personal illustration was of another character.
From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
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