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nounlarge flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
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- flank the side between ribs and hipbone
- loin either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds
- lumbar of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
- sciatic of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it)
- pubis one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
- acetabulum the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
- ilium the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
- os pubis one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
- ischial bone one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium
- lumbus either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds