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hip bone

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See also: hipbone

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Medial and lateral views of the right hip bone.

From hip (noun) +‎ bone (noun).

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hip bone (plural hip bones)

  1. (anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.
    Synonyms: (short for innominate bone) innominate, innominate bone, os coxae, os innominatum
    Holonym: pelvis
    Meronyms: acetabulum, ilium, ischium, pubis

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