iliotibial tract

noun

Synonym of iliotibial band.

Meanings

nouniliotibial tract (plural iliotibial tracts)

plural iliotibial tracts

  1. Synonym of iliotibial band.

    The large bursa located between the greater trochanter and the iliotibial tract can become inflamed by mechanical irritation, causing severe pain. The snapping hip phenomenon is not necessarily pathologic; often the patient has the […]

    1996, Rudolf Bauer, Fridun Kerschbaumer, Sepp Poisel, Atlas of Hip Surgery, Thieme, →ISBN, page 29

    Synonyms: iliotibial band

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of iliotibial band.

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