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pubis

[ pyoo-bis ]

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.


pubis

/ ˈ±èÂá³Ü˲úɪ²õ /

noun

  1. one of the three sections of the hipbone that forms part of the pelvis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pubis

/ ±è²â´ÇÌ…´Ç̅′²úÄ­²õ /

, Plural pubes ±è²â´ÇÌ…´Ç̅′²úŧ³ú

  1. The forwardmost of the three bones that fuse together to form each of the hipbones.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù±ð·±è³Üb¾±²õ noun plural prepubes
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pubis1

1590–1600; short for New Latin os pūbis bone of the pubes 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pubis1

C16: shortened from New Latin os pūbis bone of the pubes
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Example Sentences

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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.

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He sucks from his 100-year-old wet nurse’s papery nipples until “her pubis would pulsate and emanate a smell.â€

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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.

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The book’s nurses have none of the clinical insight or skill of actual nurses, but they’re eager to reveal their montes pubis for the interns.

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Which brings us to waxing, as in paying someone to cover your pubis in warm wax, wait until it cools and hardens, and then rip the wax and the offending hair off your body.

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