PUBIC REGION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pubic region mean? 

• PUBIC REGION (noun)
  The noun PUBIC REGION has 1 sense:

1. the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

  Familiarity information: PUBIC REGION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBIC REGION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

loins; pubes; pubic region

Hypernyms ("pubic region" is a kind of...):

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Meronyms (parts of "pubic region"):

mons; mons pubis; mons veneris (a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women)

 Context examples 

The lower region of the anterior abdominal wall located laterally to the pubic region.

(Inguinal Region, NCI Thesaurus)