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Meaning of dolichoiliac | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Having an elongated preacetabular blade; characterised by elongated and narrow pubes and ischia, often accompanied by large front and back extensions of the ilium.

not-comparable

Examples

“As noted by Colbert (1964) and others, they had developed a dolichoiliac pelvis (with an enlargment of the anterior blade of the ilium) and, I might add, a tendency to increase the height of the ilium.”
“The SAUROPODOMORPHA pelvic girdle is propubic and brachyiliac in the shape of the iliac blade (as opposed to the dolichoiliac condition of Theropoda).”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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