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See Ischial.

Ischial. [R.] Ischiadic passion or disease (Med.), a rheumatic or neuralgic affection of some part about the hip joint; -- called also sciatica.

Of or pertaining to the ischium or hip; ischiac; ischiadic; ischiatic. Ischial callosity (Zoöl.), one of the patches of thickened hairless, and often bright-colored skin, on the buttocks of many apes, as the drill.

Same as Ishial.

Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.

The third joint or the antennæ of the Crustacea.

The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.

The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and ishial tuberosity.

Having the quality of relieving ischury. -- n.

A retention or suppression of urine.

Having equal entropy. Isentropic lines, lines which pass through points having equal entropy.

oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid.

A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him." Gen. xvi. 12.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an Ishmaelite or the Ishmaelites.

Pertaining to the goddess Isis; as, Isiac mysteries.

A icicle. [Obs.]

Pertaining, or ascribed, to Isidore; as, the Isidorian decretals, a spurious collection of decretals published in the ninth century.

A semitransparent, whitish, and very pure from of gelatin, chiefly prepared from the sounds or air bladders of various species of sturgeons (as the Acipenser huso) found in the of Western Russia. It used for making jellies, as a clarifier, etc. Cheaper forms of gelatin are not unfrequently so called. Called also fish g…

pal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture.