Defn: Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone.
ILIAC
Il"i*ac, a. Etym: [Cf. F. iliaque. See Ileum, and cf. Jade a stone.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.
ILIACAL
I*li"a*cal, a.
Defn: Iliac. [R.]
ILIAD
Il"i*ad, n. Etym: [L. Ilias, -adis, Gr.
Defn: A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.
ILIAL
Il"i*al, a. (Anat.)