subpubic angle

subpubic angle
sub·pu·bic angle .səb-'pyü-bik- n the angle that is formed just below the pubic symphysis by the meeting of the inferior ramus of the pubis on one side with the corresponding part on the other side and that is usu. less than 90° in the male and usu. more than 90° in the female

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angulus subpubicus.

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