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ilio-
- a combining form representing ilium in compound words:
iliofemoral.
Example Sentences
“Carlo saved me. I was an illiterate of faith. I came back thanks to Father Ilio Carrai, the Padre Pio of Bologna, otherwise I would have felt discredited in my parental authority. It is a path that continues. I hope to at least wind up in purgatory,” she told the Milan daily.
“Carlo saved me. I was an illiterate of faith. I came back thanks to Father Ilio Carrai, the Padre Pio of Bologna, otherwise I would have felt discredited in my parental authority. It is a path that continues. I hope to at least wind up in purgatory,” she told the Milan daily.
“We wonder what kind of world awaits Ilio in the years ahead. Meanwhile, our older daughter is living alone in New York City,” where she contracted COVID-19.
Emiliano Di Ilio, a 38-year-old pharmacy owner, voted for Macri in the hope he could bring economic stability.
“He made a promise that was not fulfilled,” said Di Ilio, whose pharmacy has experienced a 25-percent drop in sales of medicines over the past year.
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Words That Use Ilio-
What does ilio- mean?
Ilio- is a combining form used like a prefix representing the word ilium, a bone that makes up the broad, upper portion of the hipbones. It is used in some medical terms, especially in anatomy.
Ilio- comes from the Latin īlium, “side,” “flank,” and, in the plural, “entrails, guts.” This Latin root is also the source of the intestinal term ileum, whose specific form probably resulted from some confusion with a Greek word. Learn more at our Origin sections for ilium and ileum.
The ilium should not be confused with the ileum, a division of the intestines. Nor should ilio- be confused with ileo-, the combining form for ileum.
Examples of ilio-
One example of a term from anatomy that features the combining form ilio- is iliofemoral, “relating to the ilium and the femur.”
The first part of the word, ilio- means “ilium,” as we know. As you may have guessed, the -femoral portion of the word means “relating to the femur,” also known as the thighbone. Iliofemoral, then, simply means “relating to the ilium and the femur.”
What are some words that use the combining form ilio-?
What are some other forms that ilio- may be commonly confused with?
Break it down!
The word coccygeal means “relating to the coccyx,” less technically known as the tailbone. With this in mind, what does iliococcygeal mean?
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