iliac

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The main vessel is named common iliac, at the interval between its origin from the aorta and the point where it gives off the internal iliac branch.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.

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  1. (1) Partly from Latin iliacus, relating to the colic, from ileos, the colic (see ileus); (2) partly from French iliaque = Spanish ilíaco = Portuguese Italian iliaco, from New Latin iliacus (not in L.), pertaining to the ileum, from ileum, the lower part of the small intestine, Latin ileum, ilium, the ilia, the flank: see ileum.
 

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/ˈɪlɪæk/
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