hip bone
See also: hipbone
English
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right hip bone, medial and lateral view
Alternative forms
- hipbone
Noun
hip bone (plural hip bones)
- (anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical skeleton parts, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
Synonyms
- innominate bone
Related terms
- acetabulum
- ilium
- ischium
- os coxae
- pelvis
- pubis
Translations
bone
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Anagrams
- hopbine