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CURVE OF CARUS

\kˈɜːv ɒv kˈɑːɹəs], \kˈɜːv ɒv kˈɑːɹəs], \k_ˈɜː_v ɒ_v k_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə_s]\

Definitions of CURVE OF CARUS

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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See Pelvis.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

The normal axis of the pelvic outlet.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The arc of an imaginary parabola having one focus at the symphysis pubis and extending in the median line of the pelvis in women, from the plane of the inlet to that of the outlet; corresponding roughly with the pelvic axis.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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