单词 | prepubic |
释义 | prepubicadj. 1. Anatomy and Zoology. Situated in front of the pubis; forming the anterior part of the pubis; of, relating to, or designating the prepubis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > of or relating to dinosaur > of parts of prepubic1870 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [adjective] > hip bone > pubis pectinal?1541 interpubic1836 pectineal1840 prepubic1870 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [adjective] > hip bone > pubis > situated in front of prepubic1870 1870 Lancet 23 July 122/2 A case of pre-pubic abscess. 1918 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 38 521 In the ornithischian dinosaurs the expanded prepubic process appears to have served as a base for a forward extension of the pubi-ischio-femoralis. 1974 D. Webster & M. Webster Compar. Vertebr. Morphol. v. 102 In prototherian and metatherian (but not eutherian) mammals there is a fourth skeletal element on each side [of the pelvic girdle], called the marsupial or prepubic bone. 2003 Jrnl. Pediatric Surg. 38 e10 A case of epispadiac variant of urethral duplication is reported in which the duplicated urethra presents as a prepubic sinus. 2. = prepubertal adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [adjective] > relating to childhood childhood1600 bread and buttera1625 early1630 prepubertal1858 preschool1879 pre-intellectual1891 preadolescent1904 pre-kindergarten1912 prepuberal1913 pre-teen1929 prepubic1932 1932 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 22 930/2 A partial or complete premature arrest of brain growth and development before birth or during prepubic years. 1965 Art Educ. 18 v. 9/2 New creative audacity may be roused at the pre-pubic level by a pedagogy of self-confidence... The 15–16 year old student often begins to lose interest in those means of expression he cannot master. 2000 L. A. French Addictions & Native Americans v. 55 They molested hundreds of prepubic Indian children. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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