hip bone
noun
: the large flaring bone that constitutes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals and is composed of the ilium, ischium, and pubis which are fused into one bone in the adult
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During a bone marrow biopsy, your healthcare provider will use a hollow needle to take a sample of bone marrow, usually from inside your hip bone.
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 24 Jan. 2025
Stem cells are often taken from bone marrow, requiring a doctor to insert a needle into someone's hip bone.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Millennial low-rise jeans often featured one-inch zippers and sat well below the hip bone, frequently exposing underwear—a key reason thongs became a fashion staple.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Eyewitness shares encounter with Havasupai horses after the floods
SAVE expressed concern for the horses' well-being after Cattan's images showed a protruding hip bone on one of the horses, which advocates claim indicates starvation.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 24 Jan. 2025
Stem cells are often taken from bone marrow, requiring a doctor to insert a needle into someone's hip bone.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Millennial low-rise jeans often featured one-inch zippers and sat well below the hip bone, frequently exposing underwear—a key reason thongs became a fashion staple.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Eyewitness shares encounter with Havasupai horses after the floods
SAVE expressed concern for the horses' well-being after Cattan's images showed a protruding hip bone on one of the horses, which advocates claim indicates starvation.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Hip bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hip%20bone. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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