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    ISCHIUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: ischia  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the iliumplay

    Synonyms:

    ischial bone; ischium; os ischii

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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

    articulatio coxae; coxa; hip; hip joint (the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum)

    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)

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