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ilium (n.)

pelvic bone, 1706, Modern Latin, from Latin ilia (plural) "groin, flank, side of the body from the hips to the groin" (see ileum). In Middle English it meant "lower part of the small intestine." Vesalius gave the name os ilium to the "bone of the flank."

Ilium

"Troy;" see Iliad.

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Definitions of ilium from WordNet
1
ilium (n.)
the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone;
2
Ilium (n.)
an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War;
Synonyms: Troy / Ilion
From wordnet.princeton.edu