n, pl  is*chia   :  the dorsal and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis consisting in humans of a thick portion, a large rough eminence on which the body rests when sitting, and a forwardly directed ramus which joins that of the pubis .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  isch·emia 
 
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