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English
Pronunciation
Noun
iliacus (plural iliaci)
- (anatomy) A flat triangular muscle that fills the iliac fossa.
Latin
Etymology
From īle.
Pronunciation
Adjective
īliacus (feminine īliaca, neuter īliacum); first/second-declension adjective
- colicky (suffering from colic)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “iliacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- iliacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.