ilium
noun
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
ilium
1 American
[il-ee-uhm]
/ ˈɪl i əm /
noun
Anatomy.
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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 /
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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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They found that roughly around the 6- to 8-week mark, the ilium begins to form and then rotates into its telltale basinlike shape.
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 hip bone consists of three regions: the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
There are differences in the pelvis; for the anterior process of the ilium is very short, in comparison with its length in the genus Pterodactylus.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
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
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
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
This was Argos whom Odysseus had bred but never worked, because he left for Ilium too soon.
From Time Magazine Archive
The owl was Billy’s optometer in his office in Ilium.
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
Instead, loudspeakers have been set up in the minarets, and at prayer time the muezzin rasps his La ilaha, ilia Allah over a public-address system.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the dura ilia of the liberal electors of Baslehurst declined to make acquaintance with these dainties.
From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
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