ischium

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɪskɪəm/(UK)
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/ˈɪskɪəm/(UK) · /ˈɪskiəm/

Definition of ischium

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis.
    “And he still carried, after five or six years, and though he dressed it in a mirror night and morning, on his right ischium a running sore of traumatic origin.”

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Etymology

17th century, from Latin ischium, from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”).

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