Crossword clues for ischium
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ischion \Is"chi*on\, Ischium \Is"chi*um\, n. [L., Gr. 'ischi`on.]
(Anat.) The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.
(Zo["o]l.) One of the pleur[ae] of insects.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"the seat bone," 1640s, from Latin, from Greek iskhion "hip joint," in plural, "the hips," probably from iskhi "loin," of unknown origin.
Wiktionary
n. (context skeleton English) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. (from 17th c.)
WordNet
n. one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium [syn: ischial bone, os ischii]
[also: ischia (pl)]
Wikipedia
The ischium forms the lower and back part of the hip bone (os coxae).
Situated below the ilium and behind the pubis, it is one of these three bones whose fusion creates the hip. The superior portion of this bone forms approximately one third of the acetabulum.
Usage examples of "ischium".
I read such sentences like poesy: ilium, ischium, os innominatum, ecto-cuneiform and cnemial crest, platelets and thrombin, keloid, cicatrix.
Chelius, both Hennen and Cline relate cases in which men have been shot through the skirts of the jacket, the ball penetrating the abdomen above the tuberosity of the ischium, and entering the bladder, and the men have afterward urinated pieces of clothing, threads, etc.
Between the sea-beach at Bagnoli and the summit of Ischia, tract followed upon tract of colour that each moment underwent a subtle change, darkening here, there fading into exquisite transparencies of distance, till by degrees the islands lost projection and became mere films against the declining day.
When the ferry boat to Ischia arrived, Robert mingled with the crowd boarding it.
Thirty minutes later, when the boat docked at Ischia, Robert disembarked and walked over to the ticket booth on the pier.
Usually after Mother Dora leaves, the five schools of mermaids sit on the island of Ischia and have singing contests.
And once lightning struck a tree on the island of Ischia when I sang there with my sisters.
Frederic himself, an condition that he should be allowed to take to the island of Ischia his money, jewels, and furniture, and there remain with his family for six months secure from all hostile attack.
On the other hand, there is sufficient connective tissue to hold the corpse together, and there are ragged ends of musÂcle tissue around the medial and lateral condyles of the femur and more clinging to the sacrum and ischium.
Then, after what seemed aneterniiy, he finally negotiated Ihe Fiat off the ferry, around some makeshift Malls still selling tourist junk on the off-chance of catching some gullible holidaymaker who had left home and hearth to spend the festive season here on the undeniably beautiful shambles that was Ischia, the peaceful island that had known the crack and blast of history, and seen much violent death as well as happiness in its time.
And, through the thin blue skirt, the hint of the innominate bone-a fusion of the ilium, the ischium, the pubis.