iliac

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: il=i=ac

CIDE DICTIONARY

iliac, a. [L. Iliacus, Gr. . See Iliad.].

 Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy.  Gladstone.  [1913 Webster]

iliac, a. [Cf. F. iliaque. See Ileum, and cf. Jade a stone.].

•  Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery.  [1913 Webster]
•  See Ileac, 1.  [1913 Webster]

Iliac crest, the upper margin of the ilium. -- Iliac passion. See Ileus. -- Iliac region, a region of the abdomen, on either side of the hypogastric regions, and below the lumbar regions.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

iliac, adj. of the lower body or ilium (iliac artery).

Etymology

LL iliacus (as ILIUM)