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pelvic fin |
pelvic girdle |
pelvic inflammatory disease |
pelvimeter |
pelvimetry |
pelvis
| pelycosaur
| pelycosauria
| pembroke
| pembroke table
| pembroke welsh corgi
pelvis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pelvis has 2 senses
- pelvis(n = noun.body) hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates; Array has parts: coccyx, tail bone, hipbone, innominate bone, ilium, ischial bone, ischium, os ischii, os pubis, pubic bone, pubis, sacrum, articulatio coxae, coxa, hip, hip joint
- pelvis(n = noun.body) renal pelvis - a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter; Array is a kind of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
is a kind of girdle
is a part of appendicular skeleton
Derived form adjective pelvic1
is a part of kidney
CIDE DICTIONARY
pelvis, n. [L., a basin, laver; cf. Gr. , , bowl.].
- The calyx of a crinoid. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pelvis, n. (pl. pelvises or pelves)
1 a basin-shaped cavity at the lower end of the torso of most vertebrates, formed from the innominate bone with the sacrum and other vertebrae.
2 the basin-like cavity of the kidney.
1 a basin-shaped cavity at the lower end of the torso of most vertebrates, formed from the innominate bone with the sacrum and other vertebrae.
2 the basin-like cavity of the kidney.
Etymology
L, = basin
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