pubis

American  

[pyoo-bis] / ˈpyu bɪs /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

pubes

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

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pubis British  

/ ˈpjuːbɪs /

noun

1. one of the three sections of the hipbone that forms part of the pelvis

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pubis Scientific  

/ pyo̅o̅′bĭs /

plural

pubes

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

2. See more at skeleton

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Other Word Forms

• prepubis noun

Etymology

Origin of pubis

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

Example Sentences

Going forward, restorers plan to make fresh casts out of resin to replace the plaster patches that covered missing pieces, including on part of the nape of the neck and the pubis.

From Seattle Times

Colleagues chimed in with other words that had been rejected by the software system set up to filter out profanities: knob, pubis, penetrate and stream, among others.

From New York Times

The pubis, in this scheme, was involved in the setup as a pulley and would have been required to point forward or in an in-between position.

From Scientific American

There were dinosaurs like Diplodocus and Ceratosaurus with a “lizard-hipped”, or saurischian, hip shapes immediately recognizable from a forward-pointing pubis bone.

From Scientific American

Here is Gabriel Weston: “We cut the woman open from breastbone to pubis and cleared her gut out with one deep sweep.”

From The Guardian