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Definition of Prepubis
1. n. A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones.
Definition of Prepubis
1. Noun. (anatomy) A bone or cartilage, of some animals, situated in the middle line in front of the pubic bones. ¹
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Definition of Prepubis
1. a bone situated in front of the pubic bone [n -PUBES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prepubis
Literary usage of Prepubis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural by Richard Lydekker (1888)
"240 (1887), where they are termed prepubis, and are identified with the bones
commonly termed pubes in the ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"A small prepubis is present, while the post-pubic element is long and slender,
its posterior extremity, curving beneath the pelvis behind, is dilated and ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"... the coalescence between the internal margins of the ilia and the sacral crista
is more thorough. The prepubis is very small. In none of the N. American ..."
4. Fieldiana: Geology by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum (1907)
"The margin is thin and concave as far as the angular process for the attachment
of the prepubis. This process is everted from the brim of the pelvis, ..."
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