English

right hip bone, medial and lateral view

Alternative forms

• hipbone

Noun

hip bone ‎(plural hip bones)

1. (anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical skeleton parts, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.

Synonyms

• innominate bone

Related terms

• acetabulum
• ilium
• ischium
• os coxae
• pelvis
• pubis

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