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pubis

pu·bis

UK/ˈpju.bɪs/ uncommon

noun

1.

one of the three sections of the hipbone; together the two pubic bones form the front of the pelvis

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Origin

Genitive of Latin pubes (“the pubic hair”, collective). The noun was generalized from medical Latin os pubis, the pubic bone.

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