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Definition of Ilium

1. Noun. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.

2. Noun. The upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone.

Definition of Ilium

1. n. 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.

Definition of Ilium

1. Proper noun. another name of Troy ¹

2. Noun. (anatomy obsolete) The ileum. ¹

3. Noun. (anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ilium

1. a bone of the pelvis [n ILIA]

Medical Definition of Ilium

1. The upper and largest, part of the bony pelvic girdle (iliac wing). The ilium articulates on its inner aspect with the sacrum (sacroiliac joint). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ilium

iliosacral iliosciatic iliosciatic notch iliospinal iliothoracopagus iliotibial iliotibial band iliotibial tract iliotrochanteric iliotrochanteric ligament

ilioxiphopagus ilities ility ilium (current term) ilixanthin ilizarov technique ilk ilka ilkaday ilkadays

ilke ilkon ilkoon ilks ill ill-advised ill-advisedly ill-affected

Literary usage of Ilium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Anterior view. apex of the transverse process of the last lumbar vertebra to the crest of the ilium immediately in front of the sacro-iliac articulation. ..."

2. Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: the Results of Researches and by Heinrich Schliemann (1880)
"THE founders of Novum ilium built their city both to the east and to the south of Hissarlik,2 and used this hill as their Acropolis and the seat of their ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The site of the Greek ilium is marked by the low mound of Hissarlik ("place ... The Greek ilium may have been founded about 700 BC It is noticeable that no ..."

4. Troy: Its Legend, History and Literature by Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (1880)
"Historic ilium. ., ™, . jj * \ • Far more certain than this obscure legend ... So strong was the general conviction that ilium had been the scene of some ..."

5. Publications by English Historical Society (1842)
"... redit ad ilium aeta- tis statum, quo fuit anno quando passus est Christus. Verum post passionem Domini, crescente fide catholica, ..."

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