iliac crest

Anat.. The upper margin of the ilium. iliac-region, s. Anat.: One or other of two regions, the right and left iliac, separated by the hypogastric one, the three together constituting the lowest of the three abdominal zones. +11'-1-ăc (2), a. [ILEAC.] iliac-pa ion, s. [ILEAC-PASSION.] 11'-I-ăc (3), a. [Gr. Iliakos Trojan; concerning the Iliad.] Pertaining to or connected with ancient Iium or the Trojan War. ( Gladstone in Annan dale .) 1-li-ac-al, a. [ILIAC (1).] I-li-a-cus, s. [Mod. Lat.) [ILIAC (1).] Anat.: One of the anterior muscles of the thigh. Il-i-ad, s. [Lat. Ilias (gen it. Iliadis ), from Gr. Ilias (gen it. Iliados ), from Ilios =the city of Ilus or Troy, named after Ilos , the grandfather of Priam, and son of Tros.] A celebrated epic poem in the Greek language, consisting of twenty-four books. Its composition is generally ascribed to Homer of whose parentage, birth, and life nothing is known for certain. It is, however, a matter of dispute as to whether the poem is a homogeneous whole, or a series of ballads or rhapsodies on different episodes in the Trojan War, united into a continuous poem. It is further doubtful whether, in the latter case, the union was made by Homer himself, or by some person after his time. It is said that Pis i stratus, tyrant of Athens, first collected and arranged the Iliad and Ody ey in the form in which we now have them. The chief subject of the poem is the wrath of Achilles, and the consequent troubles thence arising, whence we have the phrase Ilias malorum =an Iliad of woes or troubles, a world of disasters. The action of the poem is confined to the tenth and last year of the siege of Troy. Il-I-ad-ized, a . [Eng. Iliad ; -ize .] Celebrated or related in the Iliad. (Nashe: Lenten Stuffe .) i-li-çin, s. [Latin ilex , gen it. ilic (is); -in ( Chem .).] Chem.: A bitter principle extracted from the leaves of the holly ( Ilex a qui folium ). In its crude state it is a jelly, but when purified it crystallizes in the form of brownish-yellow crystals, which are 2258 intensely bitter. Ilicin is soluble in water and alcohol, but insoluble in ether. It has been recommended as a febrifuge, in doses of from six to twenty grains.