ilium

Noun

ilium (plural ilia)

1. (medicine) the upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone or pelvis.

5 letters in word "ilium": I I L M U.

No anagrams for ilium found in this word list.

Words found within ilium:

li lum mi mil mu muil um

• Definitions:
• The upper part of the hip bone
• Major bony component of the pelvis. There is one on each side, joined to the sacrum via the right and left sacroiliac joints.
• L. ilium = the flank and the iliac bone. The dorsal bone of the three bones forming the pelvis. The ilium supports the sacrum. Originally so called because the small intestines are largely supported by this bone, and the old term for the small intestines was ilia (plural of ilium). ...
• The upper part of the bony pelvis which forms the receptacle for the head of the femur at the hip joint. The word "ilium" is the Medieval Latin term for the hip bone. The adjective is iliac. See the entire definition of Ilium
• One of the bones of each half of the pelvis, forms a joint with the sacrum.
• The upper and largest part of the bony pelvic girdle, also called the iliac wing.
• anterior (forward) innominate (iliac) rotation: a somatic dysfunction in which the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) is anterior and inferior to the contralateral landmark; the ilium moves more freely in an anterior inferior direction, and is restricted in posterior motion.
• One of the two large bones that form the pelvis; the hipbone.
• Troy: an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
• Ilium are a melodic power metal band from Newcastle, Australia who have formulated a unique musical style whilst still retaining familiar elements from pioneering heavy metal and Euro-styled power metal bands. ...
• The ilium of the pelvis is divisible into two parts, the body and the ala; the separation is indicated on the internal surface by a curved line, the arcuate line, and on the external surface by the margin of the acetabulum.
• Ilium is a science fiction novel by Dan Simmons, the first part of the Ilium/Olympus cycle, concerning the re-creation of the events in the Iliad on Mars. These events are set in motion by beings who have taken on the roles of the Greek gods. ...
• Ilium is a fictitious town in eastern New York state, used as a setting for many of Kurt Vonnegut's novels.

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