ischial bone

1. 1.

   one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium

   Synonymsischiumos ischii

   Broaderbone

   Part ofhippelvis

Questions about ischial bone

What does ischial bone mean?

ischial bone means "one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium".

What is another word for ischial bone?

Close synonyms include ischium, os ischii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ischial bone a common word?

ischial bone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.