pu·bis   (pyōō'bĭs)    n.   pl. pu·bes (-bēz) The forward portion of either of the hipbones, at the juncture forming the front arch of the pelvis. Also called pubic bone. [Short for New Latin (os) pūbis, (bone) of the groin, from genitive of Latin pūbēs, groin.]

Main Entry: pu·bis
Pronunciation: 'pyü-b&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural pu·bes /-(")bEz/
: theventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis that in humans consists of two rami diverging posteriorly from the region of the pubic symphysis with the superiorramus extending to the acetabulum of which it forms a part and uniting there with the ilium and ischium and the inferior ramus extending below the obturator foramen where it unites with the ischiumcalled also pubic bone

pubis pu·bis (py&oomacr;'bĭs)
n. pl. pu·bes (-bēz)

1. See pubic bone.

2. The hair of the pubic region just above the external genitals.

3. A pubic hair.

4. See mons pubis.