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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Examples
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Within the category of tension-free slings there are two approaches: retropubic, also known as suprapubic, and transobturator.
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Within the category of tension-free slings there are two approaches: retropubic, also known as suprapubic, and transobturator.
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Within the category of tension-free slings there are two approaches: retropubic, also known as suprapubic, and transobturator.
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Several days after this second suprapubic tap, she begins urinating on her own.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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Several days after this second suprapubic tap, she begins urinating on her own.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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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
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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
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· Shave and then disinfect the suprapubic region with polyvidone iodine (see table page 7).
Chapter 7 1989
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· NEVER FORCE THE CATHETER, it is better to use a suprapubic catheter than to traumatise the urethra.
Chapter 7 1989
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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
chained_bear commented on the word suprapubic
"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