ischion

• IPA^(key): /is.kjɔ̃/

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ischion m (plural ischions)

1. (anatomy) ischium

• “ischion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ischium

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip-joint”, “haunch”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.kʰi.on/, [ˈɪs̠kʰiɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ki.on/, [ˈiskion]

ischion n (genitive ischiī); second declension

1. (usually in the plural) (anatomy) the hip-joint or hipbone

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

• (hip-joint of hipbone): coxa (pure Latin)

• English: ischium

• “ischĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ischĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “860/1”
• “ischia” on page 971/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Borrowed from French ischion.

ischion n (plural ischionuri)

1. ischium