Ischium

//ˈɪskiəm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium wordnet

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iliumischial boneos ischiipubis

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"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”).

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