innominate

[ ih-nom-uh-nit ]
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adjective
  1. having no name; nameless; anonymous.

Origin of innominate

1
First recorded in 1630–40, innominate is from the Late Latin word innōminātus unnamed. See in-3, nominate

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How to use innominate in a sentence

  • The ischium (fig. 78, 9) is a wide flattened bone forming the posterior part of the innominate bone.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The right and left innominate arteries arise from the aortic trunk and give rise to the common carotid and subclavian arteries.

  • This was no London that he knew, this scented city of Spring, this tropic gloom, this mad innominate cavern that engorged them.

    Sinister Street, vol. 2 | Compton Mackenzie
  • innominate aneurysm may be of the fusiform or of the sacculated variety, and is frequently associated with pouching of the aorta.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • The available operative measures are proximal ligation of the innominate, and distal ligation.

    Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for innominate

innominate

/ (ɪˈnɒmɪnɪt) /


adjective
  1. having no name; nameless

  2. a less common word for anonymous

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