pubes

pubes
1. [NA] SYN: pubic hair. 2. SYN: mons pubis. [L. p., the hair on the genitals; the genitals]

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pu·bes 'pyü-(.)bēz n, pl pubes
1) the hair that appears on the lower part of the hypogastric region at puberty called also pubic hair
2) the lower part of the hypogastric region: the pubic region
pubes pl of PUBIS

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n.
1. the body surface that overlies the pubis, at the front of the pelvis. It is covered with pubic hair.
pubic adj.

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pu·bes (puґbēz) gen. puґbis [L.] 1. [TA] pubic hairs; the hairs covering the pubic region. 2. hypogastrium.

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  • pubes — m. anat. Pelo del pubis. Medical Dictionary. 2011. pubes vello de la región pelviana …   Diccionario médico

  • PUBES — apud Statium, l. 5. Sylv. 2. v. 68. Quem non corrumpit pubes effrena prima pubertas est. Hanc in venialibus servis quomodo averterint olim Manciparii, ut eos velut nondum puberes carius venderent, exponit Plin. l. 21. c. 26. Hyacinthus radix est… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Pubes — Pu bes, n. [L., the hair which appears on the body at puberty, from pubes adult.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The hair which appears upon the lower part of the hypogastric region at the age of puberty. (b) Hence (as more commonly used), the lower part of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pubes — (n.) pubic hair, 1560s, from L. pubes (see PUBERTY (Cf. puberty)). In modern slang, a familiar shortening of pubic hairs …   Etymology dictionary

  • pubes — (Del lat. pubes). m. Anat. pubis …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Pubes — can refer to: *Pubic hair *The plural of pubis, part of the body in mammals …   Wikipedia

  • Pubes — (lat.), 1) mannbar, männlich; 2) die äußern Genitalien; 3) die Gegend derselben; 4) die Schamhaare; 5) im Allgemeinen jeder haarige Überzug eines Pflanzentheils; daher Pubescens, weichhaarig, mit sehr kleinen, seinen, weißen od. dunklern Haaren… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Pubes — (lat.), mannbar; substantivisch die Bart und Schamhaare als Zeichen der Mannbarkeit …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • pubes — index adult Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • pubes — PÚBES s.n. v. pubis. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

  • pubes — [pju:bz] n [plural] informal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: adult stage, body hair, pubic area ] ↑pubic hair (=hair around the sexual organs) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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