See Also: Lonsdale Belt, the(dictionary)
Lonsdale belt(dictionary)
vena iliaca communis(medicine)
vena iliaca externa(medicine)
vena iliaca interna(medicine)
vena circumflexa iliaca superficialis(medicine)
vena circumflexa iliaca profunda(medicine)
Lonsdale, Dame Kathleen(encyclopedia)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
fascia iliaca(medicine)

vena iliaca communis (medicine) and Lonsdale belt (iou)


vena iliaca communis (medicine)


vena iliaca communis -->
common iliac vein
<anatomy, vein> Formed by the union of the external and internal iliac veins at the brim of the pelvis and passes upward behind the internal iliac artery to the right side of the body of the fifth lumbar vertebra where it unites with its fellow of the opposite side to form the inferior vena cava; the left common iliac vein is submitted to a pulsating compression by the right common iliac artery against the vertebral column which may result in partial obstruction of the vein.

Synonym: vena iliaca communis.


Lonsdale belt (iou)



Lonsdale belt noun phr. E20.
[The title of Hugh Cecil Lowther (1857-1944), fifth earl of Lonsdale, who presented the first one.]
Any of various belts conferred on professional boxing champions of the UK.