: of, relating to, or located on or near the ilium
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBackpacks are sized according to torso length (as measured from your bony C7 vertebrae at the base of your neck to your iliac crest at the top of your hip bone) and hip belt width. Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2020 The giving process involves taking bone marrow from the iliac crest of the hipbone while the donor is under anesthesia or collecting peripheral blood stem cells in a process similar to donating blood platelets. Brooke Henderson, miamiherald, 2 June 2017
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin iliacus, from Latin ilium
First Known Use
1541, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
iliac
adjective
il·i·ac ˈil-ē-ˌak
variants also ilial
ˈil-ē-əl
1
: of, relating to, or located near the ilium
the iliac bone
2
: of or relating to either of the lowest lateral abdominal regions