In women, the pelvis is broader and lower, and all of its dimensions are larger, than in men.
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Pelvis
//ˈpɛlvɪs//
Synonyms for "pelvis" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
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4 entriesRelated terms
13 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
6 entriespart of
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
73 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- legen noun (bone)
Arabic
3 entries- حوض noun (bone)
- حوض noun (bone)
- حَوْض noun (bone)
Armenian
1 entries- կոնք noun (bone)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- çanaq noun (bone)
Belarusian
1 entries- таз noun (bone)
Bulgarian
1 entries- таз noun (bone)
Catalan
1 entries- pelvis noun (bone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 骨盆 noun (bone)
- 骨盤 /骨盘 noun (bone)
Czech
1 entries- pánev noun (bone)
Danish
1 entries- bækken noun (bone)
Dutch
1 entries- bekken noun (bone)
Estonian
2 entries- vaagen noun (bone)
- vaagnaluu noun (bone)
Finnish
1 entries- lantiorengas noun (bone)
French
2 entries- bassin noun (bone)
- pelvis noun (bone)
Galician
1 entries- pelve noun (bone)
Georgian
2 entries- კუდუსუნი noun (bone)
- მენჯი noun (bone)
German
1 entries- Becken noun (bone)
Greek
1 entries- λεκάνη noun (bone)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַגָּן noun (bone)
Hungarian
2 entries- medence noun (bone)
- medencecsont noun (bone)
Icelandic
1 entries- mjaðmargrind noun (bone)
Indonesian
1 entries- tulang pinggang noun (bone)
Irish
1 entries- peilbheas noun (bone)
Italian
1 entries- bacino noun (bone)
Japanese
1 entries- 骨盤 noun (bone)
Kazakh
1 entries- жамбас noun (bone)
Korean
1 entries- 골반 noun (bone)
Latin
1 entries- pēlvis noun (bone)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dubuo noun (bone)
Macedonian
1 entries- карлица noun (bone)
Mongolian
2 entries- аарцаг noun (bone)
- аарцаг яс noun (bone)
Māori
1 entries- papatoiake noun (bone)
Navajo
1 entries- akʼaiʼ noun (bone)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bekken noun (bone)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- bekken noun (bone)
Persian
1 entries- لَگَن noun (bone)
Polish
3 entries- miednica noun (bone)
- obręcz kończyny dolnej noun (bone)
- obręcz miedniczna noun (bone)
Portuguese
3 entries- bacia noun (bone)
- pelve noun (bone)
- pélvis noun (bone)
Romanian
2 entries- bazin noun (bone)
- pelvis noun (bone)
Russian
1 entries- таз noun (bone)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kàrlica noun (bone)
- zdelica noun (bone)
- zdjȅlica noun (bone)
- зделица noun (bone)
Slovak
2 entries- panva noun (bone)
- panvica noun (bone)
Slovene
1 entries- medenica noun (bone)
Spanish
1 entries- pelvis noun (bone)
Swedish
1 entries- bäcken noun (bone)
Tagalog
1 entries- balakang noun (bone)
Thai
2 entries- กระดูกเชิงกราน noun (bone)
- เชิงกราน noun (bone)
Tumbuka
1 entries- nyonga noun (bone)
Turkish
1 entries- pelvis noun (bone)
Ukrainian
1 entries- таз noun (bone)
Vietnamese
2 entries- khung chậu noun (bone)
- xương chậu noun (bone)
Yiddish
1 entries- בעקן noun (bone)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The doctor will examine the pelvis and rectum to feel for any blockages.
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He broke his pelvis when he fell off the ladder.
Source: tatoeba (4066196)
The root chakra is responsible for the skeletal system, legs, prostate, lower pelvis, large and small intestines, and male genital organs.
Source: tatoeba (10670786)
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