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PELVIS
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Irregular inflected form: pelves
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pelvis" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Holonyms ("pelvis" is a part of...):
kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
Synonyms:
hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("pelvis" is a kind of...):
girdle (an encircling or ringlike structure)
Meronyms (parts of "pelvis"):
coccyx; tail bone (the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes)
hipbone; innominate bone (large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis)
ilium (the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone)
ischial bone; ischium; os ischii (one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium)
os pubis; pubic bone; pubis (one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis)
sacrum (wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx)
articulatio coxae; coxa; hip; hip joint (the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum)
Holonyms ("pelvis" is a part of...):
appendicular skeleton (the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs)
Derivation:
pelvic (of or relating to the pelvis)
Context examples:
A disorder characterized by a necrotic process occurring in the soft tissues of the pelvis.
(Pelvic Soft Tissue Necrotic Lesion, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A usually congenital abnormality characterized by the partial obstruction of the junction between the renal pelvis and ureter.
(Pelviureteric Junction Obstruction, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign or malignant, primary or metastatic neoplasm involving the walls and/or cavities of the abdomen, pelvis, and retroperitoneal space.
(Peritoneal and Retroperitoneal Neoplasms, NCI Thesaurus)
A necrotic process affecting the soft tissues of the pelvis.
(Pelvic Soft Tissue Necrotic Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by marked discomfort sensation in the pelvis.
(Pelvic Pain, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Of or pertaining to the pelvis.
(Pelvic, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgery to remove lymph nodes in the pelvis for examination under a microscope to see if they contain cancer.
(Pelvic lymphadenectomy, NCI Dictionary)
An examination that checks for abnormalities of organs or other structures in the pelvis and lower abdomen.
(Digital rectal examination, NCI Thesaurus)
This prepares the fetus to present the smallest diameter for passage through the maternal pelvis.
(Flexed Fetal Attitude, NCI Thesaurus)
There should be at least 3 relatives with an HNPCC-associated cancer (colorectal cancer, cancer of the endometrium, small bowel, ureter, or renal pelvis); 2.
(Amsterdam Criteria II, NCI Thesaurus)
