pelvic

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, pelv- +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛlvɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

pelvic (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis

   pelvic cellulitis

   pelvic movement

Derived terms

• abdominopelvic
• cephalopelvic
• dolichopelvic
• endopelvic
• extrapelvic
• femoropelvic
• fetopelvic
• genitopelvic
• hemipelvic
• hydropelvic
• infrapelvic
• infundibulopelvic
• intrapelvic
• lumbopelvic
• midpelvic
• nonpelvic
• parapelvic
• pelvically
• pelvic arch
• pelvic cavity
• pelvic diaphragm
• pelvic fin
• pelvic floor
• pelvic girdle
• pelvic inflammatory disease
• pelvic inflammatory disorder
• pelvic lines
• pelvic thrust
• pelvic tilt
• platypelvic
• plesiopelvic
• prepelvic
• sacropelvic
• spinopelvic
• subpelvic
• suprapelvic
• thoracoabdominopelvic
• ureteropelvic
• uteropelvic
• vertebropelvic

Translations

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

Bulgarian: тазов (tazov) Catalan: pelvià Czech: pánevní (cs) Finnish: lantio- (fi) French: pelvien (fr) Galician: pelviano (gl) Greek: πυελικός (el) (pyelikós) Hungarian: medence (hu)- Interlingua: pelvic Italian: pelvico (it) Polish: miednicowy (pl) Portuguese: pélvico (pt) Russian: та́зовый (ru) (tázovyj) Spanish: pélvico (es), pelviano

Noun

pelvic (plural pelvics)

1. pelvic fin
2. a pelvic examination
   • 2022 Sunshine Smith, quoted in Spencer Beswick, "The model for mobilizing to protect abortion rights beyond voting", The Washington Post, May 17.

     [W]omen learn the basics of self-cervical exams, do pelvics on each other, and learn how to do menstrual extraction.

Interlingua

Adjective

pelvic (not comparable)

1. pelvic

Related terms

• pelve