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Iliac definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IL'IAC, a. [L. iliacus, from ilia, the flank, or small intestines; Gr. to wind.] Pertaining to the lower bowels, or to the ileum. The iliac passion, is a violent and dangerous kind of colic, with an inversion of the peristaltic motion of the bowels.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to the ilium

Merriam Webster's

also ilial adjective Etymology: Late Latin iliacus, from Latin ilium Date: 1541 of, relating to, or located near the ilium

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of the lower body or ilium (iliac artery). Etymology: LL iliacus (as ILIUM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Iliac Il"i*ac, a. [L. Iliacus, Gr. ?. See Iliad.] Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. --Gladstone.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.