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How to use iliac in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective

Iliac means relating to the ilium. Example: “Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt.”

Examples of iliac by meaning

adjectiveRelating to the ilium.

  • Five of the 16 patients required simultaneous FF bypass and iliaco-femoral bypass; 2, required simultaneous FF bypass and iliac thrombo-endoarterectomy (Table II).1989, Antonio Strano, Salvatore Novo, editors, Advances in Vascular Pathology 1989: Proceedings of the 15th World Congress of the...

More sentences with iliac

  • Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt.From the entry iliac furrow
  • His physique is like a Roman god with very pronounced iliac furrows or Apollo's belt.From the entry iliac furrow
  • I forgot to press down in addition to in and up on her iliac crests during my patient assessment.From the entry iliac crest
  • The tricortical iliac crest bone grafts also have good biomechanical performance and can withstand strong compression forces.2015 May 10, Jian-Hua Li et al., “Surgical treatment of lumbosacral tuberculosis by one-stage debridement and anterior instrumentation…. From the entry tricortical
  • The examination revealed the existence of two urticariform plaques which were very well defined and localized on the iliac crests.2016, Israel Pérez López, Gonzalo Blasco Morente, Antonio Martínez López, Cristina Garrido Colmenero, Ricardo Ruiz Villaverde, Eliseo…. From the entry urticariform
  • At the same time a CT-scan of the abdomen revealed iliac, paraaortic, and mesenteric lymphadenopathy as well as splenomegaly.2015 May 23, Tassilo Kruis et al., “A case series in patients with enteropathy and granulomatous diseases”, in BMC Gastroenterology…. From the entry paraaortic
  • On arrival she was afebrile but tachycardic, with local peritonism in the left renal angle and left iliac fossa despite large amounts of opioid analgesia.2015 May 7, E. Maughan et al., “Endovascular management of renal artery aneurysm rupture in pregnancy – A case report”, in International…. From the entry peritonism
  • Usually donor kidney is placed in the right iliac fossa with anastamosis to right internal or external iliac artery and external iliac vein.2015 August 11, Vijay Radhakrishnan et al., “Absent Right Side Iliac Arterial System, an Intraoperative Surprise during Live Related…. From the entry anastamosis
  • The locations of PAOD were defined as proximal when the iliac arteries were involved, and distal when the femoropopliteal arteries were involved.2014 December 31, Young Ae Kim et al., “Prevalence and Risk Factors for the Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Peripheral Arterial…. From the entry femoropopliteal
  • The SAUROPODOMORPHA pelvic girdle is propubic and brachyiliac in the shape of the iliac blade (as opposed to the dolichoiliac condition of Theropoda).1997, Philip J. Currie, Kevin Padian, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. From the entry dolichoiliac
  • In addition, the stooped posture progresses to the point where ribs rest on the iliac crest, and circumferential pachydermal skin folds develop at the pelvis and ribs.2011, Steven D. Waldman, Pain Management, page 1376. From the entry pachydermal
  • Now she stands musing on the beach, leg locked, pelvis aslant, thumb and forefingers propped along the iliac crest and lightly, propped lightly as an athlete.1961 May, Walker Percy, chapter 1, in The Moviegoer, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, published May 1962, →OCLC, part 3, page 123. From the entry aslant

Meaning of iliac

  1. adjective Relating to the ilium.

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Questions about iliac in a sentence

How do you use iliac in a sentence?
Iliac is used as an adjective. For example: “Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt.”
What is a short sentence with iliac?
“Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt.”
What does iliac mean?
Iliac means relating to the ilium.

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