Word Meanings - ILIOLUMBAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbar artery.

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• LUMBAR; LUMBAL
  Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries. Lumbar region , the region of the loin; specifically, a region between the hypochondriac and ilias regions, and outside of the umbilical region.
• 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
• ILIOLUMBAR
  Pertaining to the iliac and lumbar regions; as, the iliolumbar artery.
• ILIAC
  Pertaining to ancient Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone.
• ILIACAL
  Iliac.
• ARTERY
  One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries. Note: In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain
• TILIACEOUS
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants of which the linden is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.
• PRELUMBAR
  Situated immediately in front of the loins;- applied to the dorsal part of the abdomen.
• COLUMBARY
  A dovecote; a pigeon house. Sir T. Browne.
• SUBLUMBAR
  Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column.
• VERTEBRO-ILIAC
  Iliolumbar.
• LILIACEOUS
  Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples. Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
• BARTERY
  Barter. Camden.
• COLUMBARIUM
  A dovecote or pigeon house. A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.
• 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