HIPBONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hipbone mean? 

• HIPBONE (noun)
  The noun HIPBONE has 1 sense:

1. large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis

  Familiarity information: HIPBONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIPBONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hipbone; innominate bone

Hypernyms ("hipbone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "hipbone"):

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)

Holonyms ("hipbone" is a part of...):

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)

 Context examples 

The bony, basin-shaped structure formed by the hipbones and the base of the backbone supporting the lower limbs in humans.

(Pelvis, NCI Thesaurus)

The area of the body below the ribs and above the hipbones.

(Lumbar Region, NCI Thesaurus)

Traditionally, minor surgery to draw marrow from the hipbones followed by collection of the stems cells from the donated marrow.

(Bone Marrow Donation, NCI Thesaurus)