mons pubisn.
/ˌmɒnz ˈpjuːbɪs/, U.S. /ˈmɑnz ˈpjubəs/ Anatomy.
A rounded eminence of subcutaneous fatty tissue (more prominent in the female) overlying the pubic symphysis and covered by pubic hair in the adult; esp. that of a woman (also called mons veneris).
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1682 J. Partridge tr. A. von Mynsicht Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum xxxvi. 372 Let this Plaster be applied to the part affected, that is, to the lower Belly, first bringing the Guts into their place by degrees, then the Mons Pubis and the Scrotum being shaved [L. pube ac scroto abrasis], apply it there also.
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 167/1 Mons pubis, in the male corresponds to the mons veneris of the female.
1895 Lancet 7 Dec. 1450/1 Between the mons pubis and the upper margin of the scrotum were a circular scar and rudimentary penal sheath.
1913 Gray's Anat. (ed. 18) 1170 The mons pubis (mons Veneris), the rounded eminence in front of the pubic symphysis, is formed by a collection of fatty tissue beneath the integument.
1968 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 21 384 He..transplanted a piece of the great saphenous vein..between the glans and the mons pubis.
1995 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Genetics 55 325 In the fourth patient, the involvement was asymmetric and extended to the labia majora and mons pubis.
2001 Plastic & Reconstructive Surg. 107 15 The authors prefer the mons pubis, preauricular, and temporal areas for the donor site depending on the status of the damage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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