ischium

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsischial boneos ischii

   Broaderbone

   Part ofhippelvis

Other forms of ischium

plural

ischia

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ischium

What does ischium mean?

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

How many syllables are in ischium?

ischium has 3 syllables: i-schi-um. The stress falls on "i".

What is another word for ischium?

Close synonyms include ischial bone, 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 ischium a common word?

ischium 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.