Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Iliac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Iliac \Il"i*ac\, a. [L. Iliacus, Gr. ?. See {Iliad}.]
Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. --Gladstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
iliac
adj : (anatomy) of or relating to the ilium
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