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internal iliac arteries on each side of the body. More fully the Aquifoliacea:, now placed between the nat- 
called common iliac, artery. In man the bifurcation oi> ura i or d ers Olacinece and CelastrinefC. There are p'g^ag"" Ilolden, Anat. (1885), p. 510. 
curs opposite the body of the fourth lumbar vertebra. 3 Kenera n ex Bryonia, and Nemopanthes, and about 150 f . _ 
Each common iliac is about two inches long, the nght 1 cics wh ich are distributed in Northand SouthAmeri- ihopSOatlC (ll-i-op-SO-at ik), a. [< ^hopsons, 
being alittle longer and somewhat more oMique^thanttie c and Asja with a {ew jn Africa and Australia. after psoatic.] Pertaining to the iliac bone and 
alike. the iliop.toatic region. 
But theire strokes were not alle J-KJ-e, flor Pounce smote iliosacral (il"i-o-sa'kral), a. [< NL.iKum + sa- 
thekyngevpon the helme that he enclynedvpon his horse crum . see sacral.] Of or pertaining to the 
crowpe. Merhn (E " * 1- s -'' m - ilium and the sacrum ; sacro-iliac : as, the ilio- 
Evere ylike faire and fresh of hewe ; sacral arthron. 
AndIloveit ' ande SS:Sood e women,l.B5. iliosciatic (il"i-6-si-at'ik), a. [< NL. ilium + 
ffiM. fre fro thinges thre thowe twynne, **> SciatlC ^ 
SterUitee, inflrmitee, and synne. 
PaUadius, Hnsbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 7. 
plying the pelvic walls and viscera, the former continuing, 
under the name of femoral artery, to supply the lower 
extremities. mac crest. See crista ilii, under crista. 
Iliac fascia fossa, etc. See the nouns. mac muscle. 
Same as iliacus, 1. Iliac (properly lleac) passion. Same 
as ileus, 1. 
He [Stephen] was suddenly taken with the Iliack Pas- 
sion. Baker, Chronicles, p. 51. 
uncon . ,/.,, r/ 
her one, right or left, of two veins corns. ilio-aponeurotlC (ll*i-o-ap*o-nu-rot IK), a. \_<, 
accompanying the iliac arteries, formed jjj^ m nm + aponeurosis (-Ot-) + -ic.] Pertain- 
nio-ischiac. 
In all ordinary birds, the ischium .... extends back, 
nearly parallel with the hinder part of the ilium, and is 
united with it by ossification, posteriorly. The ilioiciatic 
interval is thus converted into a foramen. 
Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 250. 
Iliac region. See abdominal regions, under abdominal. 
mac symphysls, the junction of opposite ilia with 
each other, or the junction of an ilium with another bone. 
Iliac vein, eithei 
spending to and ac 
^Mtoto^^e^^vmi^^^t^Lv^. ing to the ilium, and having the chafacter of an iUotibial (il'i-6-tib'i-al), a. [< NL. ilium + 
They bring blood from the pelvis and lower extremities, aponeurosis. tibia : see tibial.'] Pertaining to or extending 
See cut under embryo. Internal lilac artery, the in- iliocaudal (il"i-6-ka'dal), a. and n. I.a. [<NL. between the ilium and the tibia niotlblal band, 
ner, and in the adult the smaller, of the branches of the m um + L. cauda, tail : see caudal.'] In zodl., the thickest part of the fascia lata of the femur, lying oyer 
common iliac. In the fetus it is comparatively mucn nprtainins' to both the ilium and the tail : the vastus externus, binding this muscle down, and giving 
larger, and known as the hypogast artery (See cut Ot or pertain] 5tn tn e mum ami LI* B w fa * , femoris and part of the glu- 
under embryo.) It dips deeply into the pelvis, from the applied to certain muscles connecting tne mum j^ marimug- 
point of bifurcation of the common iliac to the sacrosci- w jth the tail. iliiim (il'i-um) n I>1 ilia (-a). [NL., a spe- 
StM^AssttSMnras nJs^sgBBBft * * ,. WSSS-fc L?sJ? the *&-. 
and contents of the pelvis. The principal of these are the lllOCaudallS 1 (il"i-o-ka-da lis), n. , pi. MO 
iliolumbar, lateral sacral, and gluteal, from the posterior les (-lez). [NL.] Same as lliocauaai. 
division, and the obturator, internal pudic, sciatic, middle jljocoCCVSeal (il'i-6-kok-sij'e-al), a. [< NL. Hi- 
52^SSr^"SSSJS4Si^^3 T + coccyx (-yg-): %wh**** 
terior.-Supernclal circumflex Iliac artery, a small to the ilium and the coccyx;_iliocaudal. 
subcutaneous branch of the femoral artery, running paral- iliocOCCygeUS (il'l-O-kok-Sij e-us), n. ', pi. M>- 
lel with Poupart's ligament, coccygei (-i). [NL.,< ilium + coccygeus."] A 
II. . An iliac artery. muscle of some animals connecting the ilium 
Iliac 2 (il'i-ak), a. [< Gr. ItanMC, Trojan, < 'Umv, with the ooccyx . an iliocaudal muscle. 
cial application 
see ileum.'] In anat., the anterior or superior 
bone of the pelvic arch, commonly ankylosed 
with the ischium and pubis at the acetabulum, 
and then forming a part of the os innpmina- 
tum or haunch-bone, and effecting the principal 
or only articulation of the pelvic arch with the 
vertebral column, especially with the sacrum. 
The ilium Is present in the great majority of vertebrates 
above the fishes ; it is sometimes entirely free from the 
..utvv v" - /, L - *. --- o / - i vviui mo uuuuvA-i tuA jiiv^o/nwui IUUDV***. 
Ilium, Troy: see Iliad.] Of or pertaining to iliopostal (il"i-6-kos'tal), a. [< NL. ilium + L. vertebral column. It is primitively a prismatic cartila- 
ancient Ilium or to the Trojan war; Ilian: as, 'S, rib/ see costal] Wining to the ilium ^^^^SSSS^^ffSS^S- 
the lhac cycle, Wadstone. an d to the ribs : as, the ftocostaZ muscle. quently ankyloses with some of the ribs as well as with 
iliacal (i-li a-kal), a. [< aac + -at.J bame as jlio CO staliS (il"i-6-kos-ta'lis), n. ; pi. iliocostales vertebrae, as in many Sauropsida. The shape and relative 
iliaci, 1. (.lez). [NL. : see iliocostal.] A muscle of the position of the human ilium are highly exceptional, in 
It is a strange ilia.al passion that so harde a man, ba ck; a part of the outer mass of the erector ^SSS^SS^S^t^SS, SSS*S 
bowels. 
iliacus (i- 
ilor.Vi. (ed. 1835), i. tu . 
S p infB 
venter < 
over the brim of the pelvis to be inserted with ing the ilium and the femur Iliofempral liga- 
the psoas magnus into the trochanter minor of nient, a special thickening of the capsular ligament of 
the femur. See cut under muscle. 2. In or- the hip-joint. 
tion, 'sacking, < wtpdctv, waste, destroy.] In 
classical myth., arclusol., etc., the destruction 
of Troy or Ilium; hence, a poem or an account 
j. *- -fij-i-- j.-j : ~e m " } or a graphic 
.estruction of 
connected with its 
ing to tradition, from its mythical founder Ilus. 
test of beauty between her, Athena, and Hera. The direct 
narrative relates only to a part of the last year, leaving the 
fall of the city untold. The mighty deeds of the Greek 
Achilles and of the Trojan Hector, son of King Priam, 
the ilium. 
supply some of the chief episodes of the poem The Iliad ili opar i e tal (iFi-6-pa-ri'e-tal), a. An incorrect 
and Odyssey were universally looked upon by the Greeks, H * J !.," __..,*/. 7 ' V K"T,lr*cfvr 
in spite of endless variations and differences from legends form of )/eopanetoZ. E. B. Lankester. 
received later, as an authoritative and inspired record of lliopectineal (ll"l-O-pek-tl-ne al), a. [< NL. 
the early history and the religious beliefs and doctrines of ilium + L. pecten (pectin-), comb.] Pertaining 
their race. As epics, the first rank in poetry has always to that Cr68 j Qr oomb of the ilium wnicn f ormg ln 
i besieged city may have been In- 
lotos on the [Painted] 
. , i the Lesche at Delphi 
ing w tradition, iromiramymioanouuuer^iw, taining to the iliac region and to the grom: spe- it is impossible to say. scnlnture II 223 
Gr 'lAoc.] One of the two great Greek epic cifically applied to a nerve, a branch of the lum- 
poems of prehistoric antiquity (the other being bar plexus distributed to those parts. ilixantbin (i-hk-san'thin), n. [Short for *ih- 
the Odyssey), attributed to Homer. These poems ilio-ischiac (il*i-6-is'ki-ak), a. [< NL. ilium + cixanthin, < L. ilex (ilic-), holm-oak, 4 Gr. 
are considered by some scholars to represent not the work ischium: see ischiac.] Pertaining to the ilium av66(, yellow, + -in 2 .] A crystalline coloring 
of any one man, but an elaboration of a series of legends a nd the ischium; iliosciatic: as, the ilio-ischiac matter found in the leaves of holly. It forms 
iec\ g of^hVltutfte^ten n y^^ articulation or ankylosis. a yellow dye on cloth prepared with alumina 
the confederated states of Greece under Agamemnon, king ilio-iscluatic (il^i-6-is-ki-at'ik), a. Same as or 'iron mordants. 
of Myceme, to redress the injury done to Menelaus, king ilio-ischiac. ilk 1 (ilk), a. [< ME. ilke, ulke, ilce, assibilated 
of Sparta, in the carrying^ctfof his^wife^Helen, by toe iii o i um bar (iFi-6-lum'bar), a. [< NL. ilium + ilche,yche, < AS. ilc, ylc, the same, < *y, instr. of 
lumbus, loin : see lumbar.] Pertaining to the a pronominal root represented by Goth, i-s, he 
haunch-bone and the loins, or to the iliac and (see he 1 ), and L. i-dem, the same (see idem, iden- 
lumbar regions niolumbar ligament, a fibrous tic), + -lie, connected with ge-lic, like, and ap- 
band between the last lumbar vertebra and the crest of p ear ing also similarly in each, which = Sc. ichilk, 
such = Sc. sic, Sc. thilk, etc.] Same; very 
same : often used absolutely with ill a t. [Chiefly 
Scotch.] 
Then Sir Tristeram tooke powder forth of that box, 
And blent it with warme sweet milke ; 
And there put it unto the horne, 
And swilled it about in that ilke. 
Kina Arthur and the King of Cornwall (Child's Ballads, 
[I. 243). 
Of that <1Tf, (a) Of the same (estate): a phrase added to 
a person's surname todenotethat this name and the name 
of his ancestral estate are the same : as, Kinloch of that 
ilk (that is, Kinloch of Kinloch). 
The person of Cosmo Comyne Bradwardine, Esq., of that 
ilk, commonly called Baron of Bradwardine. 
Scott, Waverley, Ixvi. 
Hence, blunderingly (6) Of that sort or kind: as, men of 
that ilk. [Colloq.] 
ilk 2 , ilka (ilk, il'ka), a. [Sc., < ME. ilc, ilk, < 
AS. 'celc, each : see each. The final vowel in 
ilka stands for the infleiive -e or for the at- 
tached art. a.] Each; every. 
Then all oyer pageantz fast followyng ilk one after oyer 
as yer course is, without tarieng. 
Proclamation by Mayor of York, 1394, quoted in 
[York Plays, Int., p. xxxiv. 
Get my shoon, my wig, my stick, and my ilka day's coat. 
Saxon and Gael, III. 113. 
Ilka deal, every part ; wholly. 
>one the cause was declaret with a clene wit, 
Of the dede, ilke-a-dele, to the derfe kynges. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3656. 
been conceded to them, 
iliadize (il'i-ad-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. iliad- 
ized, ppr. iliadizing. [< Iliad + -4ze.~] To cele- 
brate or relate as in the Iliad ; narrate epically. 
[Rare.] 
to that crest or comb of the ilium which forms in 
part the brim of the true pelvis Diopectineal 
line, or illopectineal eminence, a ridge on the ilium and 
pubis, assisting in marking the distinction between the 
true and the false pelvis ; morphologically, one of the bor- 
ders of the ilium, slightly exhibited in man, but in some 
animals an elongated process, even having an independent 
center of ossification. Also called litteailiopectiruxa. See 
cut under innominaiuin. 
Ulysses, ... of whom it is Illiadized that your very 
nose dropt sugarcandie. 
Nashe, Lenten Stuffe(Harl. Misc., VI. 162). iliopectinium (il'i-6-pek-tin'i-um), n.; pi. ilio- 
Ilian. (il'i-an), a. [< Ilium + -an.] Of or per- pec tinia (-a). [NL.: see iliopectineal.'] Anilio- 
taining to ancient Ilium or Troy, or to the pectineal part, or representation of a rudimen- 
Greco-Eoman city in the Trojan plain called tary pe ivi S( suc h as exists in an amphisbeenid, 
for example. 
ilioperoneal (iFi-o-per-o-ne'al), a. and n. [< 
NL. ilium + Gr. Trep6vr/j fibula: see peroneal.'] 
I. a. Of or pertaining to the ilium and the 
New Ilium. 
Hector on Ilian coins. 
C. 0. Mutter, Manual of Archseol. (trans.), f 415. 
ilichet, adv. A Middle English form of alike. 
ilicin, llicine (il'i-sin), n. [< ilex (Hie-) + -in 2 , fibula: applied to certain muscles. 
-ine 2 .] The non-nitrogenous bitter principle H. n. A muscle which in many animals cpn- 
of Ilex Aqiiifolium. It forms brownish-yellow nects the ilium with the fibula, thus repeating 
crystals, is very bitter, and is said to have feb- substantially the connections of the long head 
rifuge qualities. of the human biceps femoris. 
Ilicinese (il-i-sin'e-e), . pi. [NL. (Endlicher, iliopsoas (il-i-op'so-as), . [NL., < ilium + 
1836-40), < Ilex (tlic-) + -in- + -ets.'} A small psoas.] The iliacus and psoas magnus muscles 
natural order of dicotyledonous polypetalous taken together, or some muscle which repre- 
plants, the holly family, formerly referred to sents them. 
