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pelvis

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Noun

HYPHEN

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pelvis has 2 senses

pelvis(n = noun.body) hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates;

has parts: coccyx, tail bone, hipbone, innominate bone, ilium, ischial bone, ischium, os ischii, os pubis, pubic bone, pubis, sacrum, articulatio coxae, coxa, hip, hip joint

is a kind of girdle

is a part of appendicular skeleton

Derived form adjective pelvic₁

pelvis(n = noun.body) renal pelvis - a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter;

is a kind of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum

is a part of kidney

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pelvis, n. [L., a basin, laver; cf. Gr. , , bowl.].

The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum. [1913 Webster]
The calyx of a crinoid. [1913 Webster]

Pelvis of the kidney (Anat.), the basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pelvis, n. (pl. pelvises or pelves)
1 a basin-shaped cavity at the lower end of the torso of most vertebrates, formed from the innominate bone with the sacrum and other vertebrae.
2 the basin-like cavity of the kidney.

Etymology

L, = basin

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