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📏 Body fat site 🦴 Above hip bone
suprailiac

suprailiac

9.9
Sitting just above the hip bone
  • adjective
  • /ˌsuːprəˈɪliæk/
  • Specialized
: suprailiaco
  • A suprailiac incision was made just above the hip bone during the procedure.

Examples

  • The nurse measured the suprailiac skinfold to estimate the patient's body fat percentage.

  • Doctors often use the suprailiac site for certain anthropometric assessments.

  • The suprailiac area is sensitive.

  • What is the suprailiac fold?

  • The nurse measured the suprailiac skinfold to estimate the patient's body fat percentage.

  • A suprailiac incision was made just above the hip bone during the surgical procedure.

  • Doctors often use the suprailiac site for certain anthropometric assessments and body fat evaluations.

Surface Forms

suprailiac positive

Morphology

suprailiac = iliac (semi-transparent) = supra + iliac

The structure 'supra' (above) + 'iliac' (relating to the ilium) is semantically regular, but both elements are technical medical terms that may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Suprailiac comes from two parts: supra- meaning 'above' and iliac from ilium, the 'hip bone'. So, suprailiac describes something located just above the hip bone, such as an incision or measurement spot.