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(Lat.), n. m. Pe2kt'e2n. Gen., pect'in is. Fr.,peigne. Ger., Kamm. 1. Lit., a comb; the pubic bone, so called from the fancied resemblance of the two pubic bones, when united, to a comb. [A, 43.] 2. A section of the genus Scandix; also the Scandix p. Veneris. 3. See MARSUPIUM (2d def.). P. eommlMoraa anterior is. Fr., peigne de la commi ure anterieure. Transverse fibrous bundles in the velum of the anterior cerebral commi ure. [L, 7 (a, 50).] P. pubis. A ridge on the horizontal ramus of the os pubis, extending from its spine and becoming continuous with the line a arcuata of the ilium. [A, '22.] [s. 226]