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hip·bone
(hĭp′bōn′)n.
Either of two large flat bones each forming one of the lateral halves of the pelvis and consisting of the fused ilium, ischium, and pubis. Also called innominate bone.
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hipbone
(ˈhɪpˌbəʊn)n
(Anatomy) the nontechnical name for innominate bone
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hip•bone
(ˈhɪpˌboʊn)n.
1. either of the two bones forming the sides of the pelvis, each consisting of three consolidated bones, the ilium, ischium, and pubis; innominate bone.
2. ilium.
[1350–1400]
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hip·bone
(hĭp′bōn′) Either of two large, flat bones, each forming one of the outer borders of the pelvis and consisting of the fused ilium, ischium, and pubis.
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Noun | 1. | hipbone - large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis acetabulum, cotyloid cavity - the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, hip - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates |
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hipbone
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technical name innominate bone
technical name innominate bone
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