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pelvis

UK/ˈpɛlvɪs/US/ˈpɛlvɪs/
nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,910 of 15,258neutral

The pelvis is the wide ring of bone your legs hang from. A fractured pelvis, the pelvis tilts, pain in the pelvis.

It carries the whole weight of the upper body into the legs, and its shape is what allows walking upright at all — the compromise between that and childbirth is one of the oldest problems in human anatomy. The Latin means a basin.

Henry Vandyke Carter · Public domain

Definitions of pelvis

  1. 1nounpelvisThe ring of bone the legs hang from.B2

    “She broke her pelvis when she fell from her horse.”

pelvis is a bone.

Where it comes from

Latin pelvis means a basin, from the shape of the bone.

  1. itc-ola

    pēluis — basin

  2. Latin

    pēlvis — basin

  3. English, today

    pelvis

From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from itc-ola pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Body & Health

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pelvis in the wild

  • The renal pelvis or pelvis of the kidney is the funnel-like dilated part of the ureter in the kidney.

    Renal pelvis

  • The pelvic cavity is a body cavity that is bounded by the bones of the pelvis.

    Pelvic cavity

  • The rectum is located at the back of the pelvis, in the curve of the sacrum and coccyx; the bladder is in front, behind the pubic symphysis.

    Pelvic cavity

  • A pelvic fracture is a break of the bony structure of the pelvis.

    Pelvic fracture

  • If a person is fully awake and has no pain of the pelvis medical imaging is not needed.

    Pelvic fracture

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