ilium
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɪlɪəm/
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/ˈɪlɪəm/ (UK) · /ˈɪli.əm/
Definition of ilium
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
“Holonyms: hip bone, os coxae < pelvis”
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noun
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The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
“Holonyms: hip bone, os coxae < pelvis”
- (obsolete)The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).
name
- Troy.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).
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