ILIUM (ilia)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: ilia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ilium mean? 

• ILIUM (noun)
  The noun ILIUM has 2 senses:

1. an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War

2. the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone

  Familiarity information: ILIUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Ilion; Ilium; Troy

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Ilium"):

Dardan; Dardanian; Trojan (a native of ancient Troy)

Holonyms ("Ilium" is a part of...):

Anatolia; Asia Minor (a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ilium" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "ilium"):

arteria iliaca; iliac artery (one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs)

Holonyms ("ilium" is a part of...):

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)

 Context examples 

A group of three muscles (iliocostalis, longissimus, and spinalis) that originate at the sacrum, ilium, and lumbar vertebrae spines and insert into the ribs and vertebra in order to extend the vertebral column.

(Erector Spinae, NCI Thesaurus)

The basin-shaped skeletal structure that is formed by the sacrum and the ilium, ischium, and pubis of each side that supports the trunk and to which the lower extremities attach.

(Pelvic Girdle, NCI Thesaurus)

The large smooth and concave surface of the ilium.

(Iliac Fossa, NCI Thesaurus)

A predominate bone structure which borders the ilium wing stretching from the anterior superior iliac spine to the posterior superior iliac spine.

(Iliac Crest, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The thick curved ridge in the upper area of the ilium.

(Iliac Crest, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the anterior or posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery that supplies the ilium and pubic bones as well as the obturator and adductor muscles.

(Obturator Artery, NCI Thesaurus)