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noun

Ileum n.

(Anat.) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. (Written also ileon, and ilium)

(Anat.) See Ilium. (R.) Note: Most modern writers restrict ileum to the division of the intestine and ilium to the pelvic bone.

Ilium n. (Written also ilion, and ileum) (Anat.) The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.

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Etymology of 'Ilium'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ilium" Quotes from Famous Books

... ambitionis, contentionum inimicitiarum, cupiditatum omnium secum esse secumque, ut dicitur, vivere! Si vero habet aliquod tamquam pabulum studi atque doctrinae, nihil est otiosa senectute iucundius. Videbamus in studio dimetiendi paene caeli atque terrae Gallum familiarem patris tui, Scipio. Quotiens ilium lux noctu aliquid describere ingressum, quotiens nox oppressit cum mane coepisset! Quam delectabat eum defectiones solis et lunae multo ante nobis praedicere! 50 Quid in levioribus studiis, sed tamen acutis? Quam gaudebat Bello ...

— Cato Maior de Senectute • Marcus Tullius Cicero

... warfare raged, Ere Ilium's smoking ruins paid For wedlock stained and faith betrayed, And great ...

— The Consolation of Philosophy • Boethius

... the professor said. That is fine, isn't it? It has the prophetic vision. Fuit Ilium! The sack of windy Troy. Kingdoms of this world. The masters of the Mediterranean ...

— Ulysses • James Joyce

... a passage in the Wisdom of Solomon: "Neque enim erant (idola) ab initio, neque erunt in perpetuum ... acerbo enim luctu dolens pater cito sibi rapti filii fecit imaginem: et ilium qui tune quasi homo mortuus fuerat nunc tamquam deum colere coepit, et constituit inter servos suos sacra et sacrificia" (xiv. 13-15). Gower alludes to the same story; ...

— The Travels of Marco Polo, Volume 2 • Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa

... May no contractor fill his pockets by undertaking to fill thee, thou granite girdled lakelet, or drain the civic purse by drawing off thy waters! For art thou not the Palladium of our Troy? Didst thou not, like the Divine image which was the safeguard of Ilium, fall from the skies, and if the Trojan could look with pride upon the heaven-descended form of the Goddess of Wisdom, cannot he who dwells by thy shining oval look in that mirror and contemplate ...

— The Poet at the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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