innominate bone

innominate bone

n.

See hipbone.

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innominate bone

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) either of the two bones that form the sides of the pelvis, consisting of three fused components, the ilium, ischium, and pubis Nontechnical name hipbone

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Noun

1.

innominate bone - large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis hipbone bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates acetabulum, cotyloid cavity - the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, hip - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates