Meanings
plural ischia
- anatomyThe lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis.First known use 17th c.
And he still carried, after five or six years, and though he dressed it in a mirror night and morning, on his right ischium a running sore of traumatic origin.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἰσχίον“hip joint”
- Latinischium
- Englishischium
17th century, from Latin ischium, from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan isqui, ísquium
- isquithe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
- ísquiumthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Chinese Mandarin 坐骨
- 坐骨 (zuògǔ)the lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Dutch zitbeen
- zitbeenthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Finnish istuinluu
- istuinluuthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
French ischion, ischium
- ischionthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
- ischiumthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
German Sitzbein, Ischium
- Sitzbeinthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
- Ischiumthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Hungarian ülőcsont, ülőgumó
- ülőcsontthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
- ülőgumóthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Italian ischio
- ischiothe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Japanese 坐骨
- 坐骨 (zakotsu)the lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Polish kość kulszowa
- kość kulszowathe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Portuguese ísquio
- ísquiothe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Russian седа́лищная кость
- седа́лищная кость (sedáliščnaja kostʹ)the lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Spanish isquion
- isquionthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Swedish sittben
- sittbenthe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Turkish oturga kemiği, iskium kemiği
- oturga kemiğithe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
- iskium kemiğithe lowest of three bones of the pelvis
Cite this entry
ischium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ischium
“ischium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ischium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ischium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ischium.
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