ilio-

a combining form representing ilium in compound words.
iliofemoral.

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Example Sentences

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“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.

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“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.

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Emiliano Di Ilio, a 38-year-old pharmacy owner, voted for Macri in the hope he could bring economic stability.

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“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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It’s believed the plane went down four miles east of Ilio Point, Molokai.

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When To Use

�� 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 ī��ܳ�, “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.

Iligan Ilion

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