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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ilium  \Il"i*um\,  n.  [See  {Ileum}.]  (Anat.) 
  The  dorsal  one  of  the  three  principal  bones  comprising  either 
  lateral  half  of  the  pelvis;  the  dorsal  or  upper  part  of  the 
  hip  bone.  See  {Innominate  bone},  under  {Innominate}.  [Written 
  also  {ilion},  and  {ileum}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ileum  \Il"e*um\,  n.  [L.  ile,  ileum,  ilium,  pl  ilia,  groin, 
  flank.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  The  last  and  usually  the  longest,  division  of  the 
  small  intestine;  the  part  between  the  jejunum  and  large 
  intestine.  [Written  also  {ileon},  and  {ilium}.] 
 
  2.  (Anat.)  See  {Ilium}.  [R.] 
 
  Note:  Most  modern  writers  restrict  ileum  to  the  division  of 
  the  intestine  and  ilium  to  the  pelvic  bone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Ilium 
  n  1:  an  ancient  city  in  Asia  Minor  that  was  the  site  of  the 
  Trojan  War  [syn:  {Troy},  {Ilion},  {Ilium}] 
  2:  the  upper  and  widest  of  the  three  bones  making  up  the 
  hipbone 




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