pelvis
Meaning
- The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
- A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛlvɪs/
Etymology
From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.
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