pelve

English

Noun

pelve (plural pelves)

1. (anatomy) Synonym of pelvis
   • 1887, Ernst Ziegler, Sir Donald MacAlister, A Text-book of Pathological Anatomy and Pathogenesis:

     Calcium phosphate may form gravel and small calculi in the pelve of the kidney; the calculi are smooth and facetted, and of various de grees of hardness.

   • 1947, Gynaecologia - Volumes 123-124, page 59:

     The pregnancy had reached term. The fetal head was plunged in the pelve for a greater part; the back was found in the left part of the womans abdomen; heart-beats were not heard.

   • 2003, Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones, →ISBN:

     The pubis was often chopped off from the pelve at Wardell (Pl. 7e, f), a method which was rarely used at Glenrock. The reason is unclear, although it may have been done to break the connection between the pelves at the pubis symphysis.

   • 2018, Gloria H. Giroux, Crucifixion Thorn: Volume Two of the Arizona Trilogy, →ISBN:

     The pelve is wider, and so is its pelvic inlet bone.

---

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pelvis (“bowl”).

Noun

pelve f (plural pelves)

1. pelvis

---

Interlingua

Noun

pelve (plural pelves)

1. pelvis

Related terms

• pelvic

---

Latin

Noun

pelve

1. ablative singular of pelvis

---

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pélvis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pelvis (“bowl”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛw.vi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛw.ve/

Noun

pelve f (plural pelves)

1. (anatomy) pelvis

   Synonym: bacia (colloquial)

Meronyms

• anca, cóccix, ílio, ísquio, púbis, sacro

Related terms

• cintura
• pélvico
• quadril