See Also: sacropelvic surface of ilium(medicine)
washout(dictionary)
washout(dictionary)
washout test(medicine)
Washout - Ice Hockey(gambling)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
surface-to-surface missile(dictionary)
Orthomolecular medicine (orthomolecular nutritional medicine, orthomolecular therapy)(health)
medicine man(dictionary)

sacropelvic surface of ilium (medicine) and washout (iou)


sacropelvic surface of ilium (medicine)


sacropelvic surface of ilium


The medial surface of the ilium behind and below the iliac fossa; it includes the iliac tuberosity, the auricular surface and the smooth pelvic surface below and in front of the auricular surface.

Synonym: facies sacropelvina ossis ilii.


washout (iou)



washout noun. Also wash-out. L19.
[from wash out s.v. WASH verb.]
An act of washing out something; spec. (a) the washing out of a cistern etc.; a pipe or Other appliance for doing this; (b) Biology & Medicine the removal of material, esp. from a physiological system, by means of a fluid; the fluid used for, or matter removed by, this; (c) Meteorology the removal of particles from the air by falling water droplets. L19.
Geology. A narrow channel cut into a sedimentary deposit by swiftly flowing water; esp. one that is later filled by younger sediments; spec. in Mining, a channel cut into a coal deposit during its formation and replaced with sandstone etc. L19.
The removal by flood of a portion of a hillside; a hole or breach in a railway or road caused by flood or erosion. Cf. WASHAWAY. Orig. US. L19.
S. Burnford The road was pure sand and treacherous with spring washouts.
a. A complete failure, something disappointingly bad. colloq. E20.
Atlantic Illogical, unmotivated, the new happy ending is, as narrative, a total washout.
b. A useless or unsuccessful person (colloq.); spec. (Air Force slang) a person who is eliminated from a course of Training. E20.
K. Amis I'm such a washout I couldn't be trusted to boil an egg.
c. A wrecked aircraft. Air Force slang. E20.
Aeronautics. A decrease in the angle of incidence of an aeroplane wing towards the tip. Cf. WASHIN. E20.