innominate
Americanadjective
adjective
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having no name; nameless
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a less common word for anonymous
Etymology
Origin of innominate
First recorded in 1630–40, innominate is from the Late Latin word innōminātus unnamed. See in- 3, nominate
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This was no London that he knew, this scented city of Spring, this tropic gloom, this mad innominate cavern that engorged them.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
Sometimes, especially among the Ungulata, all the branches may rise from one common trunk; at other times two innominate arteries may be present; this is commonest in the Cheiroptera, Insectivora and Cetacea.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
The pelvic girdle consists of two large bones of irregular shape, called the innominate bones.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
The cup-shaped cavity of the innominate bone for receiving the head of the femur.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
Dr. Peixotto of Portugal applied a precautionary ligature to the innominate in a case where secondary hæmorrhage occurred from the carotid.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
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