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pubis|ˈpjuːbɪs| [In sense 1 short for L. os pūbis the bone of the groin; in sense 2, variant of pubes.] 1. That portion of the innominate bone which forms the anterior wall of the pelvis.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 32 b/2 We..place the Boxes on the bone Pubis in the flanckes. [1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Pubis os,..the share Bone. 1706Phillips s.v. Coxæ Os, In Infants it consists of three Bones, viz. Ilium, Ischium, and Os Pubis.] 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Innominatum, Os Innominatum..composed of three bones; viz. the ilium, the pubis and the ischium, only connected by cartilages. 1854Owen Skel. & Teeth (1855) 61 The pubis and ischium on each side have coalesced with the ilium to form the lower boundary of the widely-perforated acetabulum. 2. Erroneously = pubes 2.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Pubis, that part of the privy-parts, where the hair grows. 1800Med. Jrnl. IV. 164 If I could succeed in bringing the occiput to the pubis. 1811A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (1818) 18 Applied to the pubis as a poultice. |