innominate

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The inferior thyroid veins which drop their blood into the innominate are obstructed by valves at their junction.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

Aneurysm near the origin has to be diagnosed from subclavian, innominate, and aortic aneurysm, and from other swellings—solid or fluid—met with in the neck.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Sometimes, especially among the Ungulata, all the branches may rise from one common trunk; at other times two innominate arteries may be present; this is commonest in the Cheiroptera, Insectivora and Cetacea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

The pelvic girdle consists of two large bones of irregular shape, called the innominate bones.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

Dr. Peixotto of Portugal applied a precautionary ligature to the innominate in a case where secondary hæmorrhage occurred from the carotid.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph