Dolichoiliac
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dolichoiliac is an adjective meaning Having an elongated preacetabular blade; characterised by elongated and narrow pubes and ischia, often accompanied by large front and back extensions of the ilium.
Meaning
Having an elongated preacetabular blade; characterised by elongated and narrow pubes and ischia, often accompanied by large front and back extensions of the ilium.
Example Sentences
The SAUROPODOMORPHA pelvic girdle is propubic and brachyiliac in the shape of the iliac blade (as opposed to the dolichoiliac condition of Theropoda).
As noted by Colbert (1964) and others, they had developed a dolichoiliac pelvis (with an enlargment of the anterior blade of the ilium) and, I might add, a tendency to increase the height of the ilium.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dolichopelvic, dolichopellic, dolichocephalic, dolichophallic, dolichocephalous, dolichomorphic.
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