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PELVIS (Lat. for " basin," cf. Gr. 7rEX?a )

PELVIS (See also:
LAT
Lat. for " See also:
BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)
basin," cf. Gr. 7rEX?a ) , in See also:

anatomy, the bony cavity at the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

PART

part of the See also:

ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

abdomen in which much of the genito-urinary apparatus and the lower part of the bowels are contained (see See also:

SKELETON

SKELETON, § Appendicular) .

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