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iliac


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Iliac  \Il"i*ac\,  a.  [L.  Iliacus  Gr  ?.  See  {Iliad}.] 
  Pertaining  to  ancient  Ilium,  or  Troy.  --Gladstone. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Iliac  \Il"i*ac\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  iliaque  See  {Ileum},  and  cf  {Jade} 
  a  stone.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  Pertaining  to  or  in  the  region  of  the  ilium,  or 
  dorsal  bone  of  the  pelvis;  as  the  iliac  artery.  [Written 
  also  {ileac}.] 
 
  2.  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ileac  \Il"e*ac\,  a.  [See  {Ileum}.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  Pertaining  to  the  ileum.  [Written  also  {iliac}.] 
 
  2.  See  {Iliac},  1.  [R.] 
 
  {Ileac  passion}.  (Med.)  See  {Ileus}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  iliac 
  adj  :  (anatomy)  of  or  relating  to  the  ilium 




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