pelvis
noun
the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
pelves
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pluralof pelvis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With all this research out there showing how gestation seems to be limited primarily by maternal metabolism, why this notion that we’re compromised by our pelves?
From Scientific American ● Sep. 5, 2012
Not rarely the kidneys were deeply engorged, and extravasations of blood into their substance, their pelves, and into the surrounding connective tissues were often encountered.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The female pelvis differs comparatively little from the European; but in the pelves of male Australians which I have examined, the antero-posterior and transverse diameters approach equality more nearly than is the case in Europeans.
From Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley
Of two women with pelves of the same contraction one may require the section and the other may have a normal labour.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
He first alluded to the perfection to which the forceps had reached for pelves narrowed at the brim, and the means of correcting faulty position of the fœtus during labor.
From Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Charles Coppens
