Pubis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The forward portion of either of the hipbones, at the juncture forming the front arch of the pelvis. Also called pubic bone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; sharebone; pubic bone.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anatomy and zoology, a pubic bone, or bone of the pubes (os pubis); a distal inferior and anterior division of the pelvic arch, forming a part of the os innominatum or haunch-bone by ankylosis at the acetabulum with the ilium and ischium, and often, as in man and most mammals, united also with the ischium to circumscribe the obturator foramen, and, with its fellow of the opposite side, forming the pubic symphysis.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    os    bone   
    Cross Reference
    of the pubis    angle    bone   
    Variant
    pubes   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sharebone   
    Same Context
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