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• Ilium (bone) — For other uses, see Ilion (disambiguation). For other uses, see Ilia (disambiguation). Illia redirects here. For the president of Argentina, see Arturo Umberto Illia. Not to be confused with Ileum. Bone: Ilium of pelvis …   Wikipedia

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• The Firebrand — by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1986)Kassandra, the tortured prophetess daughter of Priam, receives little page time in Homer’s Iliad, but in The Firebrand, a 1986 novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Kassandra is placed center stage in the saga of Troy.… …   Wikipedia

• ilium — The broad, flaring portion of the hip bone, distinct at birth but later becoming fused with the ischium and pubis; it consists of a body, which joins the pubis and ischium to form the acetabulum and a broad thin portion, called the ala or …   Medical dictionary

• Ilium — Il i*um, n. [See {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}. [Written also {ilion}, and {ileum}.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ilium — ► NOUN (pl. ilia) ▪ the large broad bone forming the upper part of each half of the pelvis. ORIGIN Latin, singular of ilia flanks, entrails …   English terms dictionary

• ilium — [il′ē əm] n. pl. ilia [il′ēə] [ModL: see ILEUM] the flat, uppermost portion of the three sections of the innominate bone …   English World dictionary

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