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What is the noun for ilium?

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ilium
  1. (anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis.
  2. (anatomy) The ileum, part of the small intestine.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The anterior sacroiliac ligament connects the sacrum to the ilium in the same manner.”
      “The sacroiliac joints and the anterior superior spines of os ilium are seen in this cut.”
      “The iliacus muscle, sharing a tendon with the psoas at the lesser trocanter, fans up and opens, lining the inside of each ilium.”
iliacus
  1. (anatomy) A flat triangular muscle that fills the iliac fossa.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The psoas and iliacus muscles are occasionally completely independent muscles.”
      “Accessory fasciculi may unite the pectineus with the obturator externus, the iliacus, the capsule of the hip, or the lesser trochanter.”
      “The iliacus muscle, sharing a tendon with the psoas at the lesser trocanter, fans up and opens, lining the inside of each ilium.”
iliaci
  1. plural of iliacus
ilia
  1. plural form of ilium
  2. Examples:
    1. “There are moderate depressions in the lateral surfaces of the ilia posterior and dorsal to the acetabulum.”
      “The caudal vertebrae have been fused into a single rod-shaped skeletal element that lies between the ilia, in effect moving the tail internally.”
      “The ribs which connect the sacral vertebrae with the ilia are however large.”
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