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Definition of Os pubis

1. Noun. One of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis.

Medical Definition of Os pubis

1. The prominence caused by a pad of fatty tissue over the symphysis pubis in the female. Synonym: os pubis, mons veneris, pubes, pubic bone. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Os pubis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The descending or inferior ramus of the os pubis is thin and flattened. It - .nit\vard and downward, becoming narrower as it descends, and joins with ;li'- ..."

2. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"These four bones are completely united in adult life. The right and left pelvic bones together form the pelvic girdle. § 456. os pubis—Pubic bone. ..."

3. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"Dislocation upon the os pubis is the least common form of dislocation, and is due to forced extension and rotation outwards of the thigh, after dislocation ..."

4. On the theory and practice of midwifery by Fleetwood Churchill, David Francis Condie (1860)
"... former opinion is the correct one, and this affords an additional distinction between the male and female skeleton. The os pubis is identified with the ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Medical Jurisprudence: With So Much of Anatomy by Joseph Chitty (1836)
"The os pubis forms the lowest and inner part of the os ... being joined (or rather connected by membranes) to the opposite os pubis, forms the symphysis of ..."

6. A Short Description of the Human Muscles, Chiefly as They Appear on by John Innes (1776)
"... by an acute termination, near half way between the os pubis and umbilicus, into the linea alba and inner edge of the ..."

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