Word Meanings - ILIOFEMORAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.

ILIUM
The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
ILIOFEMORAL
Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments.
FEMUR
The thigh bone. The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.
SUPERCILIUM
The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.
SUPRA-ILIUM
The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.
CILIUM
See CILIA
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach