pubis

[ pyoo-bis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural pu·bes [pyoo, -beez].

that part of either innominate bone that, with the corresponding part of the other, forms the front of the pelvis.

pubis

/ ˈpjuːbɪs /

pubis

/ pyo̅o̅′bĭs /

, Plural pubes pyo̅o̅′bēz

The forwardmost of the three bones that fuse together to form each of the hipbones.
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Origin of pubis¹

1590–1600; short for New Latin os pūbis bone of the pubes ¹

Origin of pubis¹

C16: shortened from New Latin os pūbis bone of the pubes

The itch-mite (Acarus scabiei) and the louse (Pediculus capitis, corporis, vel pubis) are the more common members of the group.

Pubis, pū′bis, n. a bone of the pelvis which in man forms the anterior portion of the os innominatum.

In the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle.

They are unknown in any other existing animals, unless present in Crocodiles, in which ischium and pubis are always undivided.

There is some difference in the pubis and ischium which is more conspicuous in form than in direction of the bones.

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