INNOMINATE BONE
Dictionary entry overview: What does innominate bone mean? • INNOMINATE BONE (noun)
The noun INNOMINATE BONE has 1 sense:
1. large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
Familiarity information: INNOMINATE BONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INNOMINATE BONE (noun)
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 ("innominate bone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Meronyms (parts of "innominate bone"):
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 ("innominate bone" 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)
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