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pubes
/ˈpjuːbiːz/
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What does pubes mean?
noun
- plural of pubis (“pubic bones”)
- The pubic region.
- plural of pube
More meanings (1)
noun
- (rare) The pubic hair.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpjuːbiːz/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/pjuːbz/
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Diripuere focos-- Atqui omnis facibus Pubes accingitur atris.
The last case mentioned was an infant who experienced a change of voice at twelve months and showed hair on the pubes.
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True labor pains are characterized by starting in the back, extending around the abdomen and toward the pubes and down the thighs; they come at more or less regular intervals of half to three-quarters of an hour, and increase in intensity with a decrease in the intervals.