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HIPBONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis

Synonyms:

hipbone; innominate bone

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("hipbone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "hipbone"):

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)

Holonyms ("hipbone" is a part of...):

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (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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