pubis

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

Genitive of Latin pubes (“the pubic hair”, collective). The noun was generalized from medical Latin os pubis, the pubic bone.

Here you see, he would say, there was no injury done to the sensorium;—no pressure of the head against the pelvis;——no propulsion of the cerebrum towards the cerebellum, either by the os pubis on this side, or os coxygis on that;——and pray, what were the happy consequences? — The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, Laurence Sterne

pubic bone, os pubis

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