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| pu·bis [ pybiss ] (plural pu·bes [ py bz ]) |
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lower front of hipbone: the bone that forms the lower front section of the hipbone in humans and is one of a pair joined at the front of the pelvis. Although a separate bone in infants, it later fuses with the ilium and the ischium to form the hipbone.
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| [Late 16th century. Shortening of Latin os pubis "bone of the genital region"] |
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