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UK
/hˈɪpbəʊn/
]
[ US /ˈhɪpˈboʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈhɪpˈboʊn/ ]
NOUN
- large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
How To Use hipbone In A Sentence
- No bulging rib cages, no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
- She traced the long scar that went from his rib cage to his hipbone, stroking it very lightly with her fingertips. FLIGHT LESSONS
- Although there's not a trace left on the outside, boas, pythons, and blind snakes all have completely useless vestigial hipbones buried in their bodies.
- She was lying flat on her back, her angular hipbones further reproaching Moira's éclair. AN OLDER WOMAN
- Astronauts on International Space Station lose alarming amounts of hipbone strength, University of California-Irvine NASA Watch: January 2009 Archives
- A loose fit that can be worn low on the hipbone for a casual look.
- Did those "boli" needles hit the hipbone too often? SocraticGadfly
- He blackened one eye, left scratches up and down her neck and scraped the flesh off her hipbones.
- Dr. Leibel recommends locating the "bony landmarks" -- the last rib and the top of the hipbone (also known as the iliac crest) -- and measuring halfway in between. Does Height Make a Difference
- UC Irvine and UC San Francisco led a study evaluating 13 astronauts who spent four to six months on the International Space Station and found that, on average, astronauts 'hipbone strength decreased 14 percent. NASA Watch: January 2009 Archives
