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4 dictionary results for: Ilia
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il·i·um       [il-ee-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural il·i·a       [il-ee-uh] Pronunciation Key. Anatomy.
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.


[Origin: 1705–1710; < NL, special use of ML īlium, as sing. of L īlia; see ileum]
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il·i·a       (ĭl'ē-ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Plural of ilium.

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il·i·um       (ĭl'ē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. il·i·a (-ē-ə)
The uppermost and widest of the three bones constituting either of the lateral halves of the pelvis.


[Late Latin īlium, groin, flank, variant of Latin īlia.]

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ilium       (ĭl'ē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural ilia
The uppermost and widest of the three bones that fuse together to form each of the hipbones. See more at skeleton.

iliac adjective
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