iliac

1. 1.

   of or relating to the ilium

   anatomy

Questions about iliac

What does iliac mean?

iliac means "of or relating to the ilium".

How many syllables are in iliac?

iliac has 3 syllables and divides as i-li-ac under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is iliac a common word?

iliac is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.