pubis

American  

[pyoo-bis] / ˈpju bɪs /

noun

Anatomy.

• pubes
  plural

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 /

• pubes
  plural

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

Derived Forms

• prepubis
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• pubes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pubis

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pubis pubes

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 ● May 13, 2023

An estimated 2,500 years of bony inflammation irritating one’s pubis is, simply put, not a good scene.

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2023

In adults, the hip bones, or coxal bones, are formed by the fusion of three pairs of bones: the ilium, ischium, and pubis.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

“The laceration ran for 12-14 cm from the left groin across the pubis to the right and 10 cm inferiorly into the perineum,” the study authors wrote, in BMJ Case Reports.

From Fox News ● Dec. 3, 2019

This part is called the conjugata vera, and it is the diameter from the promontory of the sacrum behind to a point on the inner surface of the symphysis pubis in front.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

But another tells a different tale; one where he went home, used this device to clear the pubes out of his shower, and remained perfectly happy.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2016

There is on record an account of a woman of forty-three who, by muscular action in lifting a stone, fractured her pubes, external to the spine, on the left side.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

The patient, it appears, had a large exostosis on the body of the pubes which, during parturition, was forced through the walls of the uterus and bladder, resulting in death.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

The Hindoo sisters, described by Dr. Andrew Berry, lived to be seven years old; they stood face to face, with their chests 6 1/2 inches and their pubes 8 1/2 inches apart.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

There was a third leg attached to a continuation of the processus coceygeus of the sacrum, and in addition to well developed mammae regularly situated, there were two rudimentary ones close together above the pubes.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle