OS PUBIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does os pubis mean? 

• OS PUBIS (noun)
  The noun OS PUBIS has 1 sense:

1. one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis

  Familiarity information: OS PUBIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OS PUBIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

os pubis; pubic bone; pubis

Hypernyms ("os pubis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("os pubis" 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)