innominate bone
innominate bone · innominate bones
Synonym of hip boneSynonym of hip bone (“one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis”).
UK/ɪˌnɒmɪnət ˈbəʊn/US/ɪˌnɑmɪnət ˈboʊn/
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of hip bone (“one of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis”).
More definitions
- large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From innominate (“having no name, nameless, unnamed”, adjective) + bone (noun), possibly aFrom innominate (“having no name, nameless, unnamed”, adjective) + bone (noun), possibly a calque of Late Latin os innōminātum. It has been suggested that the bone “remains unnamed and unnameable” because it “is of so complex and irregular a form, that it bears no perceptible resemblance to any other known object”.
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Forms
plural: innominate bones| Singular | innominate bone |
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Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis:hipbone