ilium
noun
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
ilium
1 American
[il-ee-uhm]
/ ˈɪl i əm /
noun
Anatomy.
ilia
plural
Ilium
2
American
[il-ee-uhm]
/ ˈɪl i əm /
noun
ilium
1
British
/ ˈɪlɪəm /
noun
Ilium
2
British
/ ˈɪlɪəm /
noun
ilium
Scientific
/ ĭl′ē-əm /
ilia
plural
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The uppermost and widest of the three bones that fuse together to form each of the hipbones.
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Origin of ilium
1705–1710; < New Latin, special use of Medieval Latin īlium, as singular of Latin īlia; see ileum
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Of these, 261 genes were in the ilium.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2022
That uniformity, the researchers say, is a sign that natural selection put—and continues to put—intense pressure on the ilium to develop in a highly specific way.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2022
In adults, the hip bones, or coxal bones, are formed by the fusion of three pairs of bones: the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The superior pubic ramus is the segment of bone that passes laterally from the pubic body to join the ilium.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In the first subfamily, Rhinolophinae, the first toe has two, and the other toes three phalanges each; and the ilio-pectineal spine is not connected by bone with the antero-inferior surface of the ilium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
All due respect to Helen of Troy, this was the dinger that launch'd a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 9, 2019
Thirty percent of the workforce is imported from surrounding communities like Norwood, Montrose, Ophir, Ilium, Placerville and Sawpit, according to the survey.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2014
Telski has purchased or leased three properties so far: one in Mountain Village, one in Ilium and another in Fairway Four.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2014
Schenectady keeps turning up in his books as a grim, upstate New York town called Ilium.
From Time Magazine Archive
Billy had committed himself in the middle of his final year at the Ilium School of Optometry.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Great apes have relatively elongated ilia that lie flat against the back of the animals, as well as relatively narrow birth canals.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2022
The reshaped ilia provide attachment points for the muscles that make upright walking more stable, and a wider birth canal accommodates our big-brained babies.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2022
Humans have shorter, rounded ilia that flare out and curve around.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2022
The spine curved and grew longer; the ilia or wings of the pelvis flattened out; the last vertebrae became a flexible lever on which the body's weight was poised.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pelvic Girdle.—The ilia are long, slender, and slightly curved.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
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