variants
or less commonly ilial
: of, relating to, or located on or near the ilium
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She was diagnosed with iliac arterial endofibrosis, a rare condition in which the arteries in the legs close up.
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Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
The weight distribution is key here, with a well-padded and well-placed hip belt that sits right at your iliac crest and helps keep the majority of the load off your shoulders.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
Doctors would need to insert two needles into her pelvis — her iliac crest bone — and pull as much bone marrow liquid as needed since Vida's would safely regenerate.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Fit starts with torso length, which is typically measured from your C7 vertebra at the base of your neck to the iliac crest at your hips.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
In a wooden box on a shelf, Surak keeps a gumball-size chunk of the iliac bone of Jean-Baptiste de La Salle himself, a seventeenth-century French priest and educator.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Per the autopsy, Garrison's blood alcohol level was .307% based on his iliac blood analysis and .370% based on his vitreous analysis.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
My partner is 71 and was diagnosed with heart failure one year ago, but one month later, he was diagnosed with an iliac arteriovenous malformation (AVM).
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 July 2023
Walker had injuries to his face, heart, both lungs, liver, spleen, left kidney, intestines, pelvis, iliac artery and several bones in his legs, according to the medical examiner.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2023
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Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
The weight distribution is key here, with a well-padded and well-placed hip belt that sits right at your iliac crest and helps keep the majority of the load off your shoulders.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
Doctors would need to insert two needles into her pelvis — her iliac crest bone — and pull as much bone marrow liquid as needed since Vida's would safely regenerate.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Fit starts with torso length, which is typically measured from your C7 vertebra at the base of your neck to the iliac crest at your hips.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 14 Aug. 2024
In a wooden box on a shelf, Surak keeps a gumball-size chunk of the iliac bone of Jean-Baptiste de La Salle himself, a seventeenth-century French priest and educator.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Per the autopsy, Garrison's blood alcohol level was .307% based on his iliac blood analysis and .370% based on his vitreous analysis.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
My partner is 71 and was diagnosed with heart failure one year ago, but one month later, he was diagnosed with an iliac arteriovenous malformation (AVM).
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 July 2023
Walker had injuries to his face, heart, both lungs, liver, spleen, left kidney, intestines, pelvis, iliac artery and several bones in his legs, according to the medical examiner.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2023
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“Iliac.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iliac. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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iliac
adjective
il·i·ac
ˈil-ē-ˌak 
: of, relating to, or located on or near the ilium
an iliac spine
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