pubic bone
1
5.0
- noun
- /ˈpjuːbɪk boʊn/
:
hueso púbico
- My brother tends to try to sleep things off instead of calling the doctor ... but when he got a sharp, stabbing pain in the lower right quadrant of his abdomen, halfway between the hip bone and the pubic bone, he recognized the symptoms as appendicitis.
- top of the pubic bone
Examples
-
Then, during month eight, Lisa started feeling severe pain in her pubic bone.
-
A midline incision, it's called, and it begins just under my breastbone and ends at my pubic bone, stem to stern, fore to aft.
Academic text (2011) -
You'll find the clitoris located toward the top of her labia, but below the pubic bone.
-
"Whitman stood, lifted up his shirt, pulled down his waistband, and pointed to a small circle of glistening white flesh above his pubic bone.
Fiction book (1995) -
Apart from a few missing teeth and hand and foot bones boxed separately, the skeleton is almost complete and is in good condition, except for some damage that occurred after death to some of the vertebrae and the tip of the left pubic bone.
Academic text (2002) -
Penile length was measured from the lower edge of the pubic bone to the tip of the flaccid penis using Vernier calipers.
Academic text (2014) -
I sprinkle the powder over Lana's abdomen and place my fingers above her pubic bone, arching my palms high as if preparing to play scales on the piano.
Fiction book (1996) -
The doctor who examined her had never seen a broken pubic bone before.
-
Fold one leg in so the heel is near the pubic bone.
Synonyms
4
7.4
The front part of the hip bone near the lower belly
The front part of the hip bone that helps make the pelvis
How Technical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'pubic' (pertaining to the front of the pelvis) + 'bone' (a skeletal element); a learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it refers to the bone in the pubic/pelvic area. This is a literal anatomical compound following common noun + noun/adjective naming patterns found across languages, so it is immediately comprehensible to B1 learners who know the parts.
Etymology
Pubic bone comes from the old word 'pubis', the lower front part of the body where hair appears when people become adults. The name links pubic (the front area) and bone, so it means the front bone of the pelvis near that area.