Meaning of iliac furrow | Babel Free

Definitions

The visible indentation above an iliac crest and beneath the navel, usually only visible on physically fit people.

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Examples

“Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt.”

“His physique is like a Roman god with very pronounced iliac furrows or Apollo's belt.”

“The inferolateral edge of the oblique muscles rolling over to the inguinal ligament produces a V-shaped taper running from the iliac crest to the pubis, known as the iliac furrow, Apollo’s or Adonis’s belt.”

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