† os pectinisn.
Anatomy. Obsolete.
The pubic bone (os pubis).
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shareeOE
os pectinisa1400
pecten?a1425
share-bone?c1425
os pubis1578
pubis1578
pubes1713
pubic bone1833
prepubis1888
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 176 Þat boon þat goiþ ouerþwert vndir þe ars aboue þe ȝerde, & is clepid os pectinis.
1565 J. Halle Briefe Worke Anat. III. 77 Ende at the bones aboue the priuy members called Ossa pectinis: and therfore are called Musculi recti.
1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) v. iv. 533 Os pubis or pectinis, the share bone; it is the fore and middle part.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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