Iliac

Word ILIAC
Character 5
Hyphenation il i ac
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Iliac"

What do we mean by iliac?

Of, relating to, or situated near the ilium. adjective

Of or pertaining to ancient Ilium, or to the Trojan, war; Ilian: as, “the Iliac cycle,”

Pertaining to the ileum; ileac. Also iliacal.

Of or pertaining to the ilium or flank-bone.

An iliac artery. noun

Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. adjective

Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis. adjective

See Ileac, 1. adjective

The upper margin of the ilium. adjective

See Ileus. adjective

A region of the abdomen, on either side of the hypogastric regions, and below the lumbar regions. adjective

Of or pertaining to the ilium. adjective

Of or relating to the ilium adjective

Of or pertaining to the ilium.

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The word "iliac" in example sentences

When the pus forms in front of the joint, it may spread laterally in the iliac fossa as an _iliac abscess_ or may gravitate downwards in the hollow of the sacrum and emerge on the buttock through the sacro-sciatic foramen -- _sub-gluteal abscess_. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

The lengths of the common iliac and hypogastric arteries bear an inverse proportion to each other, the hypogastric artery being long when the common iliac is short, and vice versa. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The right common iliac is shorter than the left, nearly vertical in its direction, and ascends behind and then lateral to its corresponding artery. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Dr. Leibel recommends locating the "bony landmarks" -- the last rib and the top of the hipbone (also known as the iliac crest) -- and measuring halfway in between. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It presents a large, smooth, concave surface, called the iliac fossa, which gives origin to the Iliacus and is perforated at its inner part by a nutrient canal; and below this a smooth, rounded border, the arcuate line, which runs downward, forward, and medialward. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The posterior portion, known as the iliac tuberosity, is elevated and rough, for the attachment of the posterior sacroiliac ligaments and for the origins of the Sacrospinalis and Multifidus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Just below the line of the iliac crest, especially marked in fat subjects, is a shallow groove termed the iliac furrow, while in the site of the inguinal ligament a sharper fold known as the fold of the groin is easily distinguishable. ❋ Unknown (1918)

He had one daughter, and there his hopes of posterity ended; for soon afterward his wife died of a violent illness which the doctors called iliac passion. ❋ George Sand (1840)

The bone marrow was taken from the top of the pelvic bone, an area called the iliac crest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Most athletes suffering from IE see constriction in their exterior artery, but he had it in both the exterior and common iliac. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One of the tests for iliac endofibrosis, the Ankle Brachial Index, is basically an advanced blood pressure test. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The conditions are essentially a kinking in the iliac arteries, which feed blood to the legs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dr. Ken Cherry, who corrected iliac conditions for Bobby Lea and numerous other cyclists, was a sounding board for MacGregor. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After a year of tests, treatments and frustration, MacGregor was diagnosed with exterior and common iliac endofibrosis in November 2009. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Southerland was complaining of unbalanced pain in one of his legs and MacGregor suggested that his boss had “iliac garden hose kinkasitis,” a condition that had sidelined his former teammate Stu Gillespie a few years earlier. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Place your left index finger on your umbilicus (that's med-speak for navel or belly button) and your right index finger on the curved bone (iliac crest) at the top of your right hip. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I suffered a ruptured disk in my neck and underwent a two-hour operation called an “anterior cervical discec-tomy and fusion five-six with iliac graft.” ❋ Jack Canfield (2009)

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