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is⋅chi⋅um

   [is-kee-uhm]
–noun, plural -chi⋅a  [-kee-uh] . Anatomy.
1. the lower portion of either innominate bone.
2. either of the bones on which the body rests when sitting.
Origin:
1640–50; < L < Gk ischíon hip-joint
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is·chi·um     (ĭs'kē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. is·chi·a (-kē-ə)
The lowest of the three major bones that constitute each half of the pelvis.

[Latin, hip joint, from Greek iskhion.]
is'chi·al (-əl) adj.
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ischium 
"the seat bone," 1646, from L., from Gk. iskhion "hip joint," in pl., "the hips," probably from iskhi "loin," of unknown origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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ischium

noun
one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium 

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ischium   (ĭs'kē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural ischia
The lowest of the three major bones that constitute each half of the pelvis, distinct at birth but later becoming fused with the ilium and pubis.

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ischium is·chi·um (ĭs'kē-əm)
n. pl. is·chi·a (-kē-ə)
The lowest of the three major bones that constitute each half of the pelvis, distinct at birth but later becoming fused with the ilium and pubis. Also called ischial bone.

is'chi·ad'ic (-ād'ĭk) adj.
is'chi·al (-əl) adj.
is'chi·at'ic (-āt'ĭk) adj.

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Main Entry: is·chi·um
Pronunciation: 'is-kE-&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural is·chia /-&/
: the dorsal and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis consisting in humans of a thick portion, a large rough eminence on which the body rests when sitting, and aforwardly directed ramus which joins that of the pubis

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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