postpubicadj.

1878 O. C. Marsh in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 16 415 The posterior, rodlike, ramus ossfies from an independent center, and, to distinguish it from the true reptilian pubis, may be called the post-pubic bone.

1888 Philos. Trans. 1887 (Royal Soc.) B. 178 171 The remains of the os pubis are too fragmentary to give the shape of this bone, but I think that indications are recognisable of its division into a præ-pubic and a post-pubic part.

1904 Amer. Naturalist 38 20 The much-extended, flat, ribbon-like post-pubic rod is widely separated from the lower ischiac border.

1970 Evolution 24 448 The ornithischian pubis can be divided into two main regions.., an anterolaterally directed ‘prepubic process’ and a posteroventrally and medially directed ‘postpubic rod’ that is parallel and close to the ischium.

1972 Vet. Med. & Small Animal Clinician 67 1317 (title) Surgical relief for an 8-week-old male beagle puppy with cystic and urethral calculi: postpubic urethrostomy.