pubic

[pyoo-bik] /ˈpyu bɪk/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or situated near the pubes or the pubis.
Origin
1825-35; pub(es)1 + -ic
Related forms
interpubic, adjective
subpubic, adjective
Can be confused
pubic, public.
British Dictionary definitions for pubic

pubic

/ˈpjuːbɪk/
adjective
1.
of or relating to the pubes or pubis: pubic hair
Word Origin and History for pubic
adj.

1811, with -ic + medical Latin pubis "bone of the groin" (1590s), short for Latin os pubis, from Latin pubes (genitive pubis) "genital area, groin," related to pubes (adj.) "full-grown" (see puberty).

pubic in Medicine

pubic pu·bic (pyōō'bĭk)
adj.

  1. Of, relating to, or located in the region of the pubis or the pubes.

  2. Relating to the pubic region of the abdomen.

pubic in Science
pubis
  (py'bĭs)   
Plural pubes (py'bēz)
The forwardmost of the three bones that fuse together to form each of the hipbones. See more at skeleton.

pubic adjective