innominate bone

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innominate bone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Innominate \In*nom"i*nate\, a. [L. innominatus; pref. in- not +
     nominare to name.]
     1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or
        place. [R.] --Ray.
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     2. (Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise
        unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the
        arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of
        the superior vena cava.
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     Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a
        lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch
        bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium,
        ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult,
        though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult
        reptiles and amphibians.
  
     Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts
        without a specific name.
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innominate bone - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  innominate bone
      n 1: large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up
           of the ilium and ischium and pubis [syn: hipbone,
           innominate bone]