pubis
noun
pu·bis ˈpyü-bəs 
plural pubes ˈpyü-(ˌ)bēz
: the ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis
called also pubic bone
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The slowness with which the tip of the index finger glides over the skin of the belly, the embowed branches covering the pubis, the lips’ edge. 
Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 Ina’s pubis was covered in thin white hairs as soft as fine grass. Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 But an encouraging freshman season ended abruptly when discomfort in the pelvic region was diagnosed as osteitis pubis, which is generally described as inflammation. Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 17 July 2021 And, unfortunately for the anonymous Englishwoman with world-famous pubes, doctors still don’t agree about canities subita, the contested phenomenon where hair blanches seemingly overnight. Popular Science, 27 Jan. 2020 Suddenly, a depressed horse, an alcoholic mad scientist and two preteens with talking pubes had zoomed to the center of pop culture. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Dec. 2019 However, extreme groomers were no more likely to be diagnosed than those who didn't groom their pubes as often. Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 5 Sep. 2019 If all goes to plan, this second week will also see Sue lose its chest ribs, neck and chest backbones, and pubis and ischium (the lower hip bones). Steve Johnson And Phil Geib, chicagotribune.com, 3 Feb. 2018 Rather than meaningfully engage that potent, longstanding idea, the show presents a literal dream sequence of Floyd’s Freudian nightmare, culminating in the reveal of his now-blank pubis. Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017 See More
Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 Ina’s pubis was covered in thin white hairs as soft as fine grass. Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 But an encouraging freshman season ended abruptly when discomfort in the pelvic region was diagnosed as osteitis pubis, which is generally described as inflammation. Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 17 July 2021 And, unfortunately for the anonymous Englishwoman with world-famous pubes, doctors still don’t agree about canities subita, the contested phenomenon where hair blanches seemingly overnight. Popular Science, 27 Jan. 2020 Suddenly, a depressed horse, an alcoholic mad scientist and two preteens with talking pubes had zoomed to the center of pop culture. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Dec. 2019 However, extreme groomers were no more likely to be diagnosed than those who didn't groom their pubes as often. Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 5 Sep. 2019 If all goes to plan, this second week will also see Sue lose its chest ribs, neck and chest backbones, and pubis and ischium (the lower hip bones). Steve Johnson And Phil Geib, chicagotribune.com, 3 Feb. 2018 Rather than meaningfully engage that potent, longstanding idea, the show presents a literal dream sequence of Floyd’s Freudian nightmare, culminating in the reveal of his now-blank pubis. Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin os pubis, literally, bone of the pubic region
First Known Use
1578, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing pubis
Medical Definition
pubis
noun
pu·bis ˈpyü-bəs
plural pubes -(ˌ)bēz
: the ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis that in humans consists of two rami diverging posteriorly from the region of the pubic symphysis with the superior ramus extending to the acetabulum of which it forms a part and uniting there with the ilium and ischium and the inferior ramus extending below the obturator foramen where it unites with the ischium
called also pubic bone