Pelvis vs. Groin

Pelvisnoun

(anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.

Groinnoun

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

Pelvisnoun

(anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter

Groinnoun

The area adjoining this fold or depression.

‘He pulled a muscle in his groin.’;

Pelvisnoun

The pelvic arch, or the pelvic arch together with the sacrum. See Pelvic arch, under Pelvic, and Sacrum.

Groinnoun

(architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults

Pelvisnoun

The calyx of a crinoid.

Groinnoun

(euphemistic) The genitals.

‘He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.’;

Pelvisnoun

the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates

Groinnoun

(geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.

Pelvisnoun

a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter

Groinverb

To deliver a blow to the genitals of.

‘In the scrum he somehow got groined.’; ‘She groined him and ran to the car.’;

Pelvisnoun

the large bony frame near the base of the spine to which the hindlimbs or legs are attached in humans and many other vertebrates.

Groinverb

(architecture) To build with groins.

Pelvisnoun

the part of the abdomen including or enclosed by the pelvis.

Groinverb

(literary) To hollow out, to excavate.

‘'Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped / Through granites which titanic wars had groined.' (From [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Meeting_(poem) Strange Meeting] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen Wilfred Owen]).’;

Pelvisnoun

the broadened top part of the ureter into which the kidney tubules drain.

Groinverb

To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

Pelvis

The pelvis (plural pelves or pelvises) is either the lower part of the trunk of the human body between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region of the trunk) or the skeleton embedded in it (sometimes also called bony pelvis, or pelvic skeleton). The pelvic region of the trunk includes the bony pelvis, the pelvic cavity (the space enclosed by the bony pelvis), the pelvic floor, below the pelvic cavity, and the perineum, below the pelvic floor.

Groinnoun

The snout of a swine.

Groinnoun

The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.

Groinnoun

The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

Groinnoun

The surface formed by two such vaults.

Groinnoun

A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.

Groinverb

To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

‘Bears that groined coatinually.’;

Groinverb

To fashion into groins; to build with groins.

‘The hand that rounded Peter's dome,And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,Wrought in a sad sincerity.’;

Groinnoun

the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals

Groinnoun

a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

Groinverb

build with groins;

‘The ceiling was groined’;

Groinnoun

the area between the abdomen and the upper thigh on either side of the body.

Groinnoun

the region of the genitals

‘she kicked him in the groin’;

Groinnoun

a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults.

Groinnoun

US spelling of groyne

Groin

In human anatomy, the groin (the adjective is inguinal, as in inguinal canal) is the junctional area (also known as the inguinal region) between the abdomen and the thigh on either side of the pubic bone. This is also known as the medial compartment of the thigh that consists of the adductor muscles of the hip or the groin muscles.