INNOMINATE BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does innominate bone mean? 

• INNOMINATE BONE (noun)
  The noun INNOMINATE BONE has 1 sense:

1. large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis

  Familiarity information: INNOMINATE BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INNOMINATE BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hipbone; innominate bone

Hypernyms ("innominate bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "innominate bone"):

acetabulum; cotyloid cavity (the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint)

Holonyms ("innominate bone" is a part of...):

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)