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Ischium   Listen
noun
Ischium, Ischion  n.  
1.
(Anat.) The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.
2.
(Zool.) One of the pleurae of insects.





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"Ischium" Quotes from Famous Books



... leg and thigh; running over with terms of art, of the tarsus, the metatarsus, the tibia, the fibula, the patella, the os tali, the os tibae, the tibialis posticus and tibialis anticus, up to the os femoris, to the acetabulum of the os ischion, the great trochanter, glutaeus, triceps, lividus, and little rotators; in short, of all the muscles, cartilages, and bones, that constitute the leg and thigh from the great toe to the hip; as if they ...
— Clarissa Harlowe, Volume 9 (of 9) - The History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson


Words linked to "Ischium" :   hip joint, pelvic girdle, hip, coxa, articulatio coxae, os, bone


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