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iliac furrow en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The visible indentation above an iliac crest and beneath the navel, usually only visible on physically fit people.
   • His physique is like a Roman god with very pronounced iliac furrows or Apollo's belt.
   • The inferolateral edge of the oblique muscles rolling over to the inguinal ligament produces a V-shaped taper running from the iliac crest to the pubis, known as the iliac furrow, Apollo’s or Adonis’s belt. 2021, Sergey Y. Turin, Sammy Sinno, “BodyBanking Six-Pack: Enhancing Abdominals with Lipocyte Extraction, Grafting, and Molding” (chapter 37), in Douglas S. Steinbrech, editor, Male Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag KG, →DOI, →ISBN, Part III: Body Surgery, pages 448–449:
   • Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, is also known as an athlete's girdle or Adonis belt.

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Relateds

athlete's girdle · pelvic lines · Apollo's belt · V-line · iliac crest · Adonis belt · cum gutters

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es hendiduras ilíacas (Translations)