ischium
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English
Etymology
17th century, from Latin ischium, from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ischium (plural ischia)
- (anatomy) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- 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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Translations
the lowest of three bones of the pelvis
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈis.kʰi.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ki.um/,
Noun
ischium n (genitive ischiī or ischī); second declension
- Alternative form of ischion
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ischium | ischia |
| genitive | ischiī ischī1 |
ischiōrum |
| dative | ischiō | ischiīs |
| accusative | ischium | ischia |
| ablative | ischiō | ischiīs |
| vocative | ischium | ischia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).