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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pelvic
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bone
▪ Her pelvic bones don't look like the pelvic bones in Cosmo.
▪ Backs include the pelvic bones and all the vertebrae posterior to the shoulder joint.
▪ Her pelvic bones don't look like the pelvic bones in Cosmo.
▪ The meat may not be removed from pelvic bones.
▪ But stripped backs will have the meat removed from the pelvic bones. 5.
fin
▪ She uses twitching and flicking movements of her sooty-black pelvic fins to communicate with the fry.
▪ They are also characterized by their pelvic fins, which are jugular in position and have two to four rays.
▪ The pectoral and pelvic fins and the dorsal along the crest of the back play no part in propulsion.
▪ The swordfish does not have pelvic fins.
▪ During mating the female holds her pelvic fins together to form a pouch into which the eggs are laid.
floor
▪ The good news is that you can strengthen pelvic floor muscles through exercises.
▪ The effect is to prevent the pelvic floor playing its part in the delivery of the voice.
▪ Apparently it involved developing the muscles of the pelvic floor.
▪ Treatment with pelvic floor exercises produces improvement in 70% of cases and continence in 40%.
▪ They will be able to advise you and may recommend exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles or other treatment.
injury
▪ He has recovered from a nightmare pelvic injury and is now forcing his way into Roker's Wembley plans.
▪ His top backup, Donovan Ricketts, is also out with a pelvic injury.
▪ The recurrence of a niggling pelvic injury - plus difficulty in gaining consistent employment - turned McGahan toward the Rising Sun.
▪ She suffered head and pelvic injuries and suspected leg fractures.
▪ An ambulance spokesman said that one other man has been taken to hospital with pelvic injuries.
▪ Passenger Donna Jackson, 17, suffered head and pelvic injuries in the crash at Ditton, Widnes.
▪ Sunderland brought on Owers as a substitute for his first taste of football since sustaining a pelvic injury three months ago.
sepsis
▪ One patient with pelvic sepsis developed a pouch-vaginal fistula and ileoanal stenosis culminating in pouch excision.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a pelvic exam
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Backs include the pelvic bones and all the vertebrae posterior to the shoulder joint.
▪ He has recovered from a nightmare pelvic injury and is now forcing his way into Roker's Wembley plans.
▪ His top backup, Donovan Ricketts, is also out with a pelvic injury.
▪ One patient with pelvic sepsis developed a pouch-vaginal fistula and ileoanal stenosis culminating in pouch excision.
▪ The good news is that you can strengthen pelvic floor muscles through exercises.
▪ The meat may not be removed from pelvic bones.
▪ The swordfish does not have pelvic fins.
▪ They are also characterized by their pelvic fins, which are jugular in position and have two to four rays.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pelvic

Pelvic \Pel"vic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.

Pelvic arch, or Pelvic girdle (Anat.), the two or more bony or cartilaginous pieces of the vertebrate skeleton to which the hind limbs are articulated. When fully ossified, the arch usually consists of three principal bones on each side, the ilium, ischium, and pubis, which are often closely united in the adult, forming the innominate bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.

Pelvic

Girdle \Gir"dle\, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g["u]rtel, Icel. gyr?ill. See Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]

  1. That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus.

    Within the girdle of these walls.
    --Shak.

    Their breasts girded with golden girdles.
    --Rev. xv. 6.

  2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic]
    --Bacon.

    From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.
    --Cowper.

    That gems the starry girdle of the year.
    --Campbell.

  3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
    --Knight.

  4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
    --Raymond.

  5. (Zo["o]l.) The clitellus of an earthworm.

    Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid.

    Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel.

    Sea girdle (Zo["o]l.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus.

    Shoulder, Pectoral, & Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic.

    To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pelvic

1830, irregularly formed from pelvis + -ic. OED prefers "the better-formed" French pelvien.

Wiktionary
pelvic

a. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis.

WordNet
pelvic

adj. of or relating to the pelvis; "pelvic exam"; "pelvic inflammation"

Wikipedia

Usage examples of "pelvic".

Waving around all those heavy Jorenian multibladed swords had also given him a pair of direct inguinal hernias, bilaterally opposed on either side of his pelvic bone.

Total and irreversible paraplectic anesthekinesia, with eventual atrophy of the pelvic extremities.

The sacral promontory was exaggerated, and the anteroposterior pelvic diameter of the inlet in consequence diminished.

The pelvic bones, the pubic symphyses and sacral articulation to the innominates never softened.

Recently, in cases of dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea dysmenorrhagia, and like sexual disorders, massage or gentle flagellation of the parts contiguous with the genitalia and pelvic viscera has been recommended.

In young girls the commonest cause is lack of proper nutrition, either of the pelvic organs alone or of the whole body.

He slipped the other arm under her and raised her hips for better accuracy, finally found the star and compressed it for the requisite length of time despite the continuation of her pelvic rotation, presumably a remnant of the recent orgasm.

Furthermore, displacements of the pelvic organs frequently result from these unnatural and absurd articles of dress.

It is applicable in diseases of the pelvic organs, and may be hot, warm, cool, cold, or medicated, according to the effect desired.

To give tone to weakened pelvic organs we know of nothing more specific in its effects than Dr.

In almost all affections of the pelvic organs, this normal condition is greatly diminished.

Diminution of the motions of respiration is attended with an increase of the amount of the blood in the pelvic organs, constituting an engorgement of the parts, called congestion, or inflammation.

The towerlike thighs rose to a pelvic girdle, in which, like a flat-bottomed boat, rested the iron trunk.

At his wrists and on his pelvic bone waterdrops glittered like jewels.

The pelvic bones appeared to be still joined, but the femur, tibia, and fibulas were tangled together in a heap, like bleached kindling.