Pelvis
noun
The wide and low part of your body between your hips, especially in women.
She fractured her pelvis in a serious car accident.
Often appears as...
- fracture the pelvis
- pelvis pain
noun
The structure of bones in the lower part of a body of a mammal or bird, where the legs or wings are attached.
In birds, the pelvis is large to support the body weight.
Often appears as...
- bird pelvis
- mammal pelvis
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Academic
noun
In some invertebrate animals, the hard outer structure that supports their body.
In some insects, the pelvis forms the back portion of the abdomen.
Often appears as...
- insect pelvis
- invertebrate pelvis
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Academic
noun
The wide and low part of your body between your hips, especially in women.
She fractured her pelvis in a serious car accident.
Often appears as...
- fracture the pelvis
- pelvis pain
noun
The structure of bones in the lower part of a body of a mammal or bird, where the legs or wings are attached.
In birds, the pelvis is large to support the body weight.
Often appears as...
- bird pelvis
- mammal pelvis
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In some invertebrate animals, the hard outer structure that supports their body.
In some insects, the pelvis forms the back portion of the abdomen.
Often appears as...
- insect pelvis
- invertebrate pelvis
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
The word 'pelvis' can imply differences between male and female anatomies in medical contexts.
Women's pelvises are wider than men's to allow for childbirth.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Related
Often mentioned in the context of injuries, particularly those affecting mobility and stability.
After the fall, her grandma's pelvis needed surgery to restore function.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Concerns
Associated with various medical conditions and may be used in healthcare conversations.
Chronic pelvis pain led him to consult an orthopedist.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
The word 'pelvis' can imply differences between male and female anatomies in medical contexts.
Women's pelvises are wider than men's to allow for childbirth.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Related
Often mentioned in the context of injuries, particularly those affecting mobility and stability.
After the fall, her grandma's pelvis needed surgery to restore function.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Concerns
Associated with various medical conditions and may be used in healthcare conversations.
Chronic pelvis pain led him to consult an orthopedist.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
The word 'pelvis' can imply differences between male and female anatomies in medical contexts.
Women's pelvises are wider than men's to allow for childbirth.
Pro Tip 2/3Injury Related
Often mentioned in the context of injuries, particularly those affecting mobility and stability.
After the fall, her grandma's pelvis needed surgery to restore function.
Pro Tip 3/3Health Concerns
Associated with various medical conditions and may be used in healthcare conversations.
Chronic pelvis pain led him to consult an orthopedist.
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Outlasting the Enemy in...
cover the entire left side of my body my left leg one guy's legs amputated another guy's been shot in the pelvis in the bicep and another's been shot through his ankle my triceps hanging off I've been through a lot of adversity in my life this was just another test and I knew if I could make it through then I
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Discovering Homo Naledi:...
with the most curved fingers we have ever seen outside the most primitive hominids. Four or five million year old equivalents. It's bizarre. It's thorax, starts ape-like, becomes more and more advanced. It's pelvis is like that of Lucy, wide and flared. So, we know what its legs and feet look like.
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Is it bad to hold your...
but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis. Surrounding this structure are several other organs
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Boyd Varty: What I...
because he said she walked like she was doing the Elvis the pelvis dance. She was born with very badly deformed back legs and pelvis. She arrived at our reserve from a reserve east of us on her migratory route. When I first saw her, I thought she would be dead in a matter of days.
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See How Scientists...
whether we could efficiently go through this material in a way no one's ever done before so this is the most complete piece of the pelvis that we have there's not a whole lot there but there's actually some very important morphologies preserved on this piece all these bones
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How a new species of...
based on what we knew from the fossil record. The suite of characteristics we were seeing didn't match any known species. And if we had only recovered the skull, we might have called it one thing; if we had only recovered the pelvis, we might have called it another.
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The incredible...
And by the way, it's no accident that the drone body looks just like the pelvis of a flying squirrel. It's because the algorithms are designed to work the same way evolution does. What's exciting is we're starting to see this technology out in the real world.
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Incredible Sea Lion...
relatively fast because the cranium of the sea lion is not that big and the pelvis of the cow is wide enough to support that the body quite hydrodynamic will follow fairly quick the gestation period for sea lions is longer than
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The Dangers of Filming...
Clive's instinctive reaction to deflect the Rhinos charge probably saved the film producers life he was thrown almost eight meters through the air the fall broke his pelvis but it could have been much worse
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Eythor Bender demos...
In a split second, I lost all sensation and movement below my pelvis. Not long afterwards, a doctor strode into my hospital room, and he said, "Amanda,
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Outlasting the Enemy in...
cover the entire left side of my body my left leg one guy's legs amputated another guy's been shot in the pelvis in the bicep and another's been shot through his ankle my triceps hanging off I've been through a lot of adversity in my life this was just another test and I knew if I could make it through then I
Video examples
Discovering Homo Naledi:...
with the most curved fingers we have ever seen outside the most primitive hominids. Four or five million year old equivalents. It's bizarre. It's thorax, starts ape-like, becomes more and more advanced. It's pelvis is like that of Lucy, wide and flared. So, we know what its legs and feet look like.
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis. Surrounding this structure are several other organs
Video examples
Boyd Varty: What I...
because he said she walked like she was doing the Elvis the pelvis dance. She was born with very badly deformed back legs and pelvis. She arrived at our reserve from a reserve east of us on her migratory route. When I first saw her, I thought she would be dead in a matter of days.
Video examples
See How Scientists...
whether we could efficiently go through this material in a way no one's ever done before so this is the most complete piece of the pelvis that we have there's not a whole lot there but there's actually some very important morphologies preserved on this piece all these bones
Video examples
How a new species of...
based on what we knew from the fossil record. The suite of characteristics we were seeing didn't match any known species. And if we had only recovered the skull, we might have called it one thing; if we had only recovered the pelvis, we might have called it another.
Video examples
The incredible...
And by the way, it's no accident that the drone body looks just like the pelvis of a flying squirrel. It's because the algorithms are designed to work the same way evolution does. What's exciting is we're starting to see this technology out in the real world.
Video examples
Incredible Sea Lion...
relatively fast because the cranium of the sea lion is not that big and the pelvis of the cow is wide enough to support that the body quite hydrodynamic will follow fairly quick the gestation period for sea lions is longer than
Video examples
The Dangers of Filming...
Clive's instinctive reaction to deflect the Rhinos charge probably saved the film producers life he was thrown almost eight meters through the air the fall broke his pelvis but it could have been much worse
Video examples
Eythor Bender demos...
In a split second, I lost all sensation and movement below my pelvis. Not long afterwards, a doctor strode into my hospital room, and he said, "Amanda,
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Cornelia Parker
English Artist
I was involved in a serious accident driving in torrential rain at midnight in Cardiff. I was only doing five miles an hour, but because I couldn't see very well, I crossed a junction and collided with another car that was driving very fast. I ended up in hospital for six weeks with a shattered pelvis.
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John Rhys-Davies
Welsh Actor
Indiana Jones' wasn't physically tough, but they are the only two films I've ever been ill on. On 'The Last Crusade,' I got sciatica. That's when the sciatic nerve, which goes through the funny hole in your pelvis down your leg, swells and rubs against the nerves.
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Tony Hawk
American Athlete
When you break your pelvis, you can't do a whole lot. It took me about six weeks to be able to get out of bed. Anything you do that shakes your body is painful all over, so you can't cough, you can't sneeze, and going to the bathroom is impossible.
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Evel Knievel
American Entertainer
There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.
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Tyrone Mings
English Athlete
I've got two discs at the bottom of the back that are quite badly damaged, that obviously happened over a period of time, and there's inflammation on one of the vertebrae as well, which has come from the angle of my pelvis and spine.
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Jay Williams
American Athlete
When I got hurt - everybody knows I shattered my pelvis - all I thought about was running with my kids one day and being able to have a family.
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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Nancy Reagan
American First Lady
I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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Bill Goldberg
American Wrestler
The muscles in my lower abdomen had torn off my pelvis.
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Jay Rock
American Musician
I broke my leg and cracked my pelvis.
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Cornelia Parker
English Artist
I was involved in a serious accident driving in torrential rain at midnight in Cardiff. I was only doing five miles an hour, but because I couldn't see very well, I crossed a junction and collided with another car that was driving very fast. I ended up in hospital for six weeks with a shattered pelvis.
Quote examples
John Rhys-Davies
Welsh Actor
Indiana Jones' wasn't physically tough, but they are the only two films I've ever been ill on. On 'The Last Crusade,' I got sciatica. That's when the sciatic nerve, which goes through the funny hole in your pelvis down your leg, swells and rubs against the nerves.
Quote examples
Tony Hawk
American Athlete
When you break your pelvis, you can't do a whole lot. It took me about six weeks to be able to get out of bed. Anything you do that shakes your body is painful all over, so you can't cough, you can't sneeze, and going to the bathroom is impossible.
Quote examples
Evel Knievel
American Entertainer
There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.
Quote examples
Tyrone Mings
English Athlete
I've got two discs at the bottom of the back that are quite badly damaged, that obviously happened over a period of time, and there's inflammation on one of the vertebrae as well, which has come from the angle of my pelvis and spine.
Quote examples
Jay Williams
American Athlete
When I got hurt - everybody knows I shattered my pelvis - all I thought about was running with my kids one day and being able to have a family.
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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Nancy Reagan
American First Lady
I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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Bill Goldberg
American Wrestler
The muscles in my lower abdomen had torn off my pelvis.
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Jay Rock
American Musician
I broke my leg and cracked my pelvis.
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