Il"i*ac (?), a. [L. Iliacus, Gr. . See Iliad.]
Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy.
Gladstone.
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Il"i*ac, a. [Cf. F. iliaque. See Ileum, and cf. Jade a stone.]
1. Anat.
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.
[Written also
ileac.]
2.
See Ileac, 1.
[R.]
Iliac crest, the upper margin of the ilium. -- Iliac passion. See Ileus. -- Iliac region, a region of the abdomen, on either side of the hypogastric regions, and below the lumbar regions.
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