pelvis
noun/ˈpɛlvɪs/
Etymology From Latin pēlvis (“basin”), from Old Latin pēluis (“basin”), further etymology uncertain.
1
Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs in hominids.
- Meronyms: hip bone, os coxae; sacrum; coccyx
2
Broadly The pelvic region of the human body.
- Elvis was swinging his pelvis around and the ladies were swooning.
3
Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter.
- Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, cornu
- renal pelvis
- Derived terms
- acanthopelvis, diaphragma pelvis, hemipelvis, midpelvis, pelvitis, rachitic pelvis, renal pelvis
- Related terms
- pelvic, hydropelvis, hydropelvic, bone, coccyx, hip, hipbone, ilium, innominate bone, ischium, os coxae, pubis, sacrum