different between pelvis vs acetabulum

English

Etymology

From Latin pelvis (“basin”), from Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit ??? (palava, “wicker-work basket for catching fish”), Ancient Greek ????? (p?l?x, “helmet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?lv?s/

Noun

pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)

1. (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
2. (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter

Related terms

• pelvic
• (cavity): hydropelvis, hydropelvic

Translations

See also

• pelvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hip bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bone
• coccyx
• hip
• hipbone
• ilium
• innominate bone
• ischium
• os coxae
• pubis
• sacrum

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pelvis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?p?l.vis/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?p?l.bis/

Noun

pelvis f (plural pelvis)

1. pelvis

Derived terms

• pelvià

Further reading

• “pelvis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit ??? (palava, “wicker-work basket of for catching fish”), Ancient Greek ????? (p?l?x, “helmet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pe?l.u?is/, [?pe???u??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pel.vis/, [?p?lvis]

Noun

p?lvis f (genitive p?lvis); third declension

1. shallow bowl or basin

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -? or -e).

Descendants

Further reading

• pelvis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pelvis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pelvis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pelvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pelvis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pelvis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pelvis.

Noun

pelvis f (plural pelvis)

1. pelvis

Related terms

• pelviano

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ac?t?bulum (“a little saucer for vinegar”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æs.??tæb.j?l.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æs.??tæb.j?l.?m/

Noun

acetabulum (plural acetabula or acetabulums)

1. (anatomy) The bony cup of the pelvis which receives the head of the femur.
2. (zoology) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
3. (zoology) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
4. (zoology) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
5. (zoology) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
6. (historical, Ancient Rome) A vinegar cup.
7. (historical, Ancient Rome) The socket of the hipbone.
8. (historical, Ancient Rome) A measure of about one eighth of a pint.

Synonyms

• (bony cup of the pelvis): cotyloid cavity

Derived terms

• acetabular
• acetabulate

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From ac?tum (“vinegar”) +? -bulum (“a vessel for”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ke??ta?.bu.lum/, [äke??t?ä?b??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.t??e?ta.bu.lum/, [?t????t???bulum]

Noun

ac?t?bulum n (genitive ac?t?bul?); second declension

1. a shallow cup for vinegar; an acetabulum
2. any cup-shaped vessel
3. (anatomy) the socket of a hipbone
4. (zootomy) the suckers or cavities in the arms of polypi
5. (botany) the cup of a flower

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

• acetabulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acetabulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• acetabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• acetabulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acetabulum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin