plural pubes
ˈpyü-(ˌ)bēz 
: the ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis
called also pubic bone
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Eventually, that gave way to osteitis pubis, or inflammation in the joint between your pubic bones, as the Register reported; Brown also had a labrum tear in her hip that required her to get Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injections in her pelvis up until a few months before the Olympic Trials.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 7 Aug. 2024
Couture said he’s spoken with a few NHL players who have had osteitis pubis about getting past the injury.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024
Couture missed all of training camp and the first 45 games of the regular season with an often painful and debilitating condition called osteitis pubis, described as inflammation in the joint between a person’s left and right pubic bones.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
Injured before the start of training camp in September, Couture was diagnosed with osteitis pubis, inflammation in the joint between a person’s left and right pubic bones.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 7 Aug. 2024
Couture said he’s spoken with a few NHL players who have had osteitis pubis about getting past the injury.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024
Couture missed all of training camp and the first 45 games of the regular season with an often painful and debilitating condition called osteitis pubis, described as inflammation in the joint between a person’s left and right pubic bones.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
Injured before the start of training camp in September, Couture was diagnosed with osteitis pubis, inflammation in the joint between a person’s left and right pubic bones.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
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pubis
noun
pu·bis
ˈpyü-bəs
plural pubes
-(ˌ)bēz
: the ventral and anterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis that in humans consists of two rami diverging posteriorly from the region of the pubic symphysis with the superior ramus extending to the acetabulum of which it forms a part and uniting there with the ilium and ischium and the inferior ramus extending below the obturator foramen where it unites with the ischium
called also pubic bone
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