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pubis

/pyoo-bis/US // ˈpyu bɪs //UK // (ˈpjuːbɪs) //

阴部,阴体,阴阴部,阴阴区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pu·bes [pyoo-beez]. /ˈpyu biz/. Anatomy.

    • : that part of either innominate bone that, with the corresponding part of the other, forms the front of the pelvis.

Examples

  • The itch-mite (Acarus scabiei) and the louse (Pediculus capitis, corporis, vel pubis) are the more common members of the group.

  • Pubis, pū′bis, n. a bone of the pelvis which in man forms the anterior portion of the os innominatum.

  • In the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle.

  • They are unknown in any other existing animals, unless present in Crocodiles, in which ischium and pubis are always undivided.

  • There is some difference in the pubis and ischium which is more conspicuous in form than in direction of the bones.