Ischium
/ˈɪskiəm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis.
"And he still carried, after five or six years, and though he dressed it in a mirror night and morning, on his right ischium a running sore of traumatic origin."
- 2 one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium wordnet
Example
More examples"And he still carried, after five or six years, and though he dressed it in a mirror night and morning, on his right ischium a running sore of traumatic origin."
Etymology
17th century, from Latin ischium, from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”).