ischium

== English == === Etymology === 17th century, from Latin ischium, from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪskɪəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪskiəm/ === Noun === ischium (plural ischia) (anatomy) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. [from 17th c.] ==== Coordinate terms ==== ilium pubis ==== Derived terms ==== ischiadic ischial ischiatic ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bone == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪs.kʰi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈis.ki.um] === Noun === ischium n (genitive ischiī or ischī); second declension alternative form of ischion ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).