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innominate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Innominate \In*nom"i*nate\, a. [L. innominatus; pref. in- not + nominare to name.]
Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place. [R.]
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(Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava.
Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians.
Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name.
Wiktionary
a. Having no name; anonymous.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Innominate (from "nameless") can refer to:
- The brachiocephalic artery
- The brachiocephalic veins
- The three large bones which form the hip bone
- An innominate contract, a contract not of a type regulated by law
- An innominate or anonymous jury, where the identity of the jury members is not publicly known.
Innominata, from the same root, is used in:
- Substantia innominata, a part of the brain
- Iris innominata, a flower
Innominate is the second full-length album by emo band Off Minor. It was released on August 24, 2004, on Golden Brown Records.
Usage examples of "innominate".
Liand was a dark ache in the moonlight, an outpouring of innominate alarm.
The equipment consists of a series of valves and chambers that effectively link the esophageal tube to the innominate artery and thus the circulatory system.
A probe passed along the aorta into the innominate protruded into the same cavity about the bifurcation of the vessel.
The edge grazed against the sheath of the innominate artery during the operation.
The pelvic bones, the pubic symphyses and sacral articulation to the innominates never softened.
The acetabulum was instead the rounded concavity in the innominate bone that formed the hip joint in conjunction with the femur, which sounded like a jungle cat but was another bone.
And, through the thin blue skirt, the hint of the innominate bone—.
And, through the thin blue skirt, the hint of the innominate bone-a fusion of the ilium, the ischium, the pubis.
In turn, irrhythmically, now here, now at the farther edge, the spouts stretched toward the sky like celebrants, defining the zone of calm with their innominate gavotte.