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Iliac adj.

(Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery. (Written also ileac)

See Ileac, 1. (R.)

Iliac crest, the upper margin of the ilium.

Iliac passion. See Ileus.

Iliac region, a region of the abdomen, on either side of the hypogastric regions, and below the lumbar regions.

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Etymology of 'Iliac'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Iliac" Quotes from Famous Books

... lipothamia, which is a total faintness of body, and defect of strength; paralysis, which is a loosening and relaxation of the membranes and ligaments which serve for motion; epilepsy; permanent infirmity arising from apoplexy; certain chronical diseases; the iliac passion; rupture; besides other diseases, which the science of pathology teaches. VITIATED STATES OF THE MIND, which are just causes of separation from the bed and the house, are madness, frenzy, furious wildness, actual foolishness ...

— The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love • Emanuel Swedenborg

... (ventral) piece; the anterior part of the latter forms the primitive clavicle (procoracoideum), and the posterior part the coracoideum. In the same way the simple arch of the pelvic zone breaks up into an upper (dorsal) piece, the iliac-bone (os ilium), and a lower (ventral) piece; the anterior part of the latter forms the pubic bone (os pubis), and the posterior the ischial bone ...

— The Evolution of Man, V.2 • Ernst Haeckel

Words linked to "Iliac" : iliac vein, external iliac artery, anatomy, iliac artery, circumflex iliac artery, general anatomy, internal iliac artery, circumflex iliac vein, internal iliac vein