Definition of ilium Ilium
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What does ilium mean?
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NounPlural: iliums |
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| ilium - the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone | ||
| bone, os a shade of white the color of bleached bones | ||
| pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, hip a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter | ||
| ilium - an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War | ||
| Troy, Ilion, Ilium | ||
| anatolia, asia minor a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ilium (n.)
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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"Ilium" is a science fiction book that was written by Dan Simmons. It is the first part of the "Olympos" cycle, and is about the re-creation of the events in the "Iliad" on Mars.
In July 2004, "Ilium" got the Locus Award for best science fiction novel of 2003. It was later nominated for the 2004 Hugo Award for best book.
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🔤- ilium, noun, singular of ilia.
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