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pelvis

pel·vis
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pel-vis]
    • /ˈpɛl vɪs/
    • /ˈpel.vɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pel-vis]
    • /ˈpɛl vɪs/

Definitions of pelvis word

  • noun plural pelvis the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc. 1
  • noun plural pelvis the bones forming this cavity. 1
  • noun plural pelvis the cavity of the kidney that receives the urine before it is passed into the ureter. 1
  • noun pelvis anatomy: hip bones 1
  • noun pelvis anatomy: pelvic cavity 1
  • countable noun pelvis Your pelvis is the wide, curved group of bones at the level of your hips. 0
See all 13 definitions of pelvis

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Origin of pelvis

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; < New Latin; Latin: basin; akin to Greek pellís bowl

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pelvis

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pelvis

pelvis popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for pelvis

noun pelvis

  • beer belly — If a man has a beer belly, he has a fat stomach because of drinking too much beer.
  • belly — The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
  • breadbasket — a basket for carrying bread or rolls
All 3 Synonyms of pelvis

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Related words

  • bump

    If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.

  • innominate bone

    either of the two bones forming the sides of the pelvis, each consisting of three consolidated bones, the ilium, ischium, and pubis.

  • pelycosaur

    any of a group of large primitive reptiles belonging to the extinct order Pelycosauria, abundant in North America and Europe during the Permian Period, often having a tall spinal sail.

  • pubis

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

  • sacrum

    a bone resulting from the fusion of two or more vertebrae between the lumbar and the coccygeal regions, in humans being composed usually of five fused vertebrae and forming the posterior wall of the pelvis.

  • acetabulum

    the deep cuplike cavity on the side of the hipbone that receives the head of the thighbone
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