Thesaurus: iliac

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1. a. Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy.
2. a. Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.
3. a. See Ileac, 1.
4. adj. of or relating to the ilium
5. Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone. 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.
6. Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone.
7. j:100 a. of or relating to the ilium