pubis

[ pyoo-bis ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural pu·bes [pyoo, -beez].

1. that part of either innominate bone that, with the corresponding part of the other, forms the front of the pelvis.

pubis

/ ˈpjuːbɪs /

noun

1. one of the three sections of the hipbone that forms part of the pelvis

pubis

/ pyo̅o̅′bĭs /

, Plural pubes pyo̅o̅′bēz

1. The forwardmost of the three bones that fuse together to form each of the hipbones.
2. See more at skeleton

Other Words From

• pre·pubis noun plural prepubes

Word History and Origins

Origin of pubis¹

1590–1600; short for New Latin os pūbis bone of the pubes ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pubis¹

C16: shortened from New Latin os pūbis bone of the pubes

Example Sentences

Going forward, restorers plan to make fresh casts out of resin to replace the plaster patches that covered missing pieces, including on part of the nape of the neck and the pubis.

From Seattle Times

He sucks from his 100-year-old wet nurse’s papery nipples until “her pubis would pulsate and emanate a smell.”

From Los Angeles Times

Colleagues chimed in with other words that had been rejected by the software system set up to filter out profanities: knob, pubis, penetrate and stream, among others.

From New York Times

The book’s nurses have none of the clinical insight or skill of actual nurses, but they’re eager to reveal their montes pubis for the interns.

From The New Yorker

Which brings us to waxing, as in paying someone to cover your pubis in warm wax, wait until it cools and hardens, and then rip the wax and the offending hair off your body.

From Salon