Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as ischiatic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ischium or hip; ischiac; ischiadic; ischiatic.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) one of the patches of thickened, hairless, and often bright-colored skin, on the buttocks of many apes, as the drill.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, or pertaining to, the ischium.

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Examples

  • Mostly all baboons have long almost dog like muzzles, heavy powerful jaws, close-set eyes thick fur except on their muzzle rough spots on their rear ends and a short tail, the rough spots on the rear ends of the baboon are called ischial callosities.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Miguel 2010

  • Mostly all baboons have long almost dog like muzzles, heavy powerful jaws, close-set eyes thick fur except on their muzzle rough spots on their rear ends and a short tail, the rough spots on the rear ends of the baboon are called ischial callosities.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Miguel 2010

  • Mostly all baboons have long almost dog like muzzles, heavy powerful jaws, close-set eyes thick fur except on their muzzle rough spots on their rear ends and a short tail, the rough spots on the rear ends of the baboon are called ischial callosities.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Miguel 2010

  • Mostly all baboons have long almost dog like muzzles, heavy powerful jaws, close-set eyes thick fur except on their muzzle rough spots on their rear ends and a short tail, the rough spots on the rear ends of the baboon are called ischial callosities.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Miguel 2010

  • a mandrill baboon sitting Species: M. sphinx fur except on their muzzle rough spots on their rear ends and a short tail, the rough spots on the rear ends of the baboon are called ischial callosities.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Miguel 2010

  • The saddle should provide your main area of support on the bike; however the crotch was not designed to bear weight so I believe we should use as much of the skeleton for support as possible, meaning that you should sit mostly on your ischial tuberositiessit bone.

    Training Center: Choosing the best bike saddle 2010

  • In fracture of the ischial tuberosity, infection is more apt to result than in like injury of the ilium, and greater displacement of bone occurs.

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

  • In fractures of the angle of the ilium and the ischial tuberosity, perceptible evidence always exists.

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

  • The palæontologist might tell us if some such case of ischial approximation by natural mechanical causes has not caused the probable extinction of whole genera of vertebrates.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Various

  • In cases where fracture of some portion of the pelvic girdle is suspected and the subject is able to walk, crepitation is sought by placing one hand on an external angle of the ilium and the other on the ischial tuberosity and the animal is then made to walk.

    Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix

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