Ileac passion. (Med.) See Ileus.
Il`e*o*cæ"cal (?), a. [Ileum + cæcal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the ileum
and cæcum.
Il`e*o*col"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as,
the ileocolic, or ileocæcal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into
the large intestine.
||Il"e*um (?), n. [L. ile, ileum, ilium, pl. ilia, groin, flank.] 1.
||(Anat.) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small
||intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine. [Written
||also ileon, and ilium.]
||
2. (Anat.) See Ilium. [R.]
Most modern writers restrict ileum to the division of the intestine and
ilium to the pelvic bone.
||Il"e*us (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; to roll up.] (Med.) A
||morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized
||by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is
||greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal
||matter. Called also ileac, or iliac, passion.
||
||I"lex (?), n. [L., holm oak.] (Bot.) (a) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex).
||(b) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common
||holly.
||
Il"i*ac (?), a. [L. Iliacus, Gr. &?;. See Iliad.] Pertaining to ancient
Ilium, or Troy. Gladstone.
Il"i*ac, a. [Cf. F. iliaque. See Ileum, and cf. Jade a stone.] 1.
(Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone
of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery. [Written also ileac.]