LOIN
\lˈɔ͡ɪn], \lˈɔɪn], \l_ˈɔɪ_n]\
Definitions of LOIN
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The lower part of the side of the body of an animal or man, between the lowest rib and the hip bone; usually pl.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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In man, the dorsal and posterior lateral portions of the trunk between the pelvis and the last dorsal vertebra. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] That part of an animal just above the hip-bone, on either side of the spinal column, extending upward to the false ribs;— the ribs of a sheep or lamb cut by the butcher for the table;— pl. A corresponding part of the human body;— called also the reins.
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