Definitions

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  • Situated above the pubis; prepubic.

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  • adjective anatomy Above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.

Etymologies

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supra- +‎ pubic

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Examples

  • Within the category of tension-free slings there are two approaches: retropubic, also known as suprapubic, and transobturator.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • Within the category of tension-free slings there are two approaches: retropubic, also known as suprapubic, and transobturator.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • Within the category of tension-free slings there are two approaches: retropubic, also known as suprapubic, and transobturator.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • Several days after this second suprapubic tap, she begins urinating on her own.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • Several days after this second suprapubic tap, she begins urinating on her own.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • It didn't, but as I began to move rightwards she began to wince by the time I got to the suprapubic region.

    Archive 2008-05-01 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • It didn't, but as I began to move rightwards she began to wince by the time I got to the suprapubic region.

    Don't Forget the "P" 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • · Shave and then disinfect the suprapubic region with polyvidone iodine (see table page 7).

    Chapter 7 1989

  • · NEVER FORCE THE CATHETER, it is better to use a suprapubic catheter than to traumatise the urethra.

    Chapter 7 1989

  • He was the first surgeon to perform the suprapubic lithotomy operation -- the removal of stone through the abdomen instead of through the perineum.

    A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science 1904

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  • "The operation was a suprapubic cystotomy and it was one that Stephen had often carried out..."

    --P. O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral, 211

    March 19, 2008