ischium
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/ˈɪskɪəm/(UK)
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/ˈɪskɪəm/(UK) · /ˈɪskiəm/
Definition of ischium
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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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