pelvis

[US]/'pelvɪs/
[UK]/'pɛlvɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the bony structure in the trunk of the body, connecting the spine to the limbs, in anatomy.

Phrases & Collocations

renal pelvis

Example Sentences

the pelvis major (=the false pelvis)

the pelvis minor (=the true pelvis)

Objective To investigate the rehabilitation of pelvis disarticulation amputees.

Stagnation of urine in the kidney pelvis seems to greatly encourage pyelitis.

Tuberculous pyelitis showed deformed renal pelvis, filling defect and hydronephrosis.

She was born a dipygus, meaning that she had two separate pelvises side by side from the waist down.

The calices show the same changes to a variable degree, depending on whether the renal pelvis is intrarenal or extrarenal.

This intravenous pyelogram (IVP) of a normal urinary tract on the left demonstrates contrast filling the pelvis, ureter, and bladder.

In this case, a large "staghorn" calculus (so named because the prominent projections of the stone into the calyces resemble deer antlers) was present that filled up the pelvis and calyceal system.

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