MASCULINE PELVIS
\mˈaskjʊlˌɪn pˈɛlvɪs], \mˈaskjʊlˌɪn pˈɛlvɪs], \m_ˈa_s_k_j_ʊ_l_ˌɪ_n p_ˈɛ_l_v_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of MASCULINE PELVIS
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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(1) A p. justo minor in which the bones are large and heavy; (2) a slight degree of funnel-shaped p. in the woman, in which the shape approximates that of the male p.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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That variety of the pelvis equabiliter justo minor in which, while it may have the feminine form in general or resemble the male type, the promontory of the sacrum is high, the ilia are steep, the symphysis pubis is convex and erect, the sacrum is small, and the bones are of uncommonly heavy build.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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