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pelve

pelve noun: synonym of pelvis.

Noun

pelve (plural pelves)

  1. Synonym of pelvis.
    • 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.1887, Ernst Ziegler, Sir Donald MacAlister, A Text-book of Pathological Anatomy and Pathogenesis
    • 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.1947, Gynaecologia - Volumes 123-124, page 59
    Synonyms:
    pelvis

Examples of pelve in a sentence

  • The pubis was often chopped off from the pelve at Wardell (Pl. 7e, f), a method which was rarely used at Glenrock.2003, Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones, →ISBN:
  • The pelve is wider, and so is its pelvic inlet bone.2018, Gloria H. Giroux, Crucifixion Thorn: Volume Two of the Arizona Trilogy, →ISBN:

Synonyms of pelve

Forms of pelve

pluralpelves

Questions about pelve

What does pelve mean?
Pelve means synonym of pelvis.
How do you use pelve in a sentence?
The pubis was often chopped off from the pelve at Wardell (Pl. 7e, f), a method which was rarely used at Glenrock.
What part of speech is pelve?
Pelve is a noun.
What is the plural of pelve?
The plural of pelve is pelves.

Words near pelve in the dictionary

  1. Pelusians
  2. Pelusium
  3. Peluso
  4. Pelusos
  5. pelv-
  6. pelve
  7. Pelverata
  8. pelves
  9. pelvi-
  10. pelviabdominal
  11. pelvic

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