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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L., a basin, laver; cf. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], bowl.]

(Anat.)

The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See

Pelvic arch

, under

, and

(Zool.)

The calyx of a crinoid.

Pelvis of the kidney

(Anat.)

the basinlike cavity into which the ureter expands as it joins the kidney.

Noun.

[L. pelvis, a bason.] The cavity of the body formed by the os sacrum, os coccyx, and ossa innominata, forming the lower part of the abdomen.

See also: pelvis

pélvis f (plural pélvis)