Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ischium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the pleuræ of insects.
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[Greek: ados], from [Greek: ischion], the hip;) the hip-gout.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 Various 1840
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