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For Pap smears, health professionals collect samples from someone's cervix during a pelvic exam to look for cancerous or pre-cancerous cells, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Your pelvic floor is essentially a sling of muscles that surrounds each of your holes down there, including the one at the end of your urethra where pee comes out.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 9 Dec. 2024
People may soon be able to essentially perform this test themselves in scenarios where undergoing a full pelvic exam is not an option.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024
One is at the base of the bladder and another near the pelvic floor.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1799, in the meaning defined above
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“Pelvic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pelvic. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
pelvic
adjective
pel·vic
ˈpel-vik
: of, relating to, or located in or near the pelvis
pelvic bones
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