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innominate

[ ih-nom-uh-nit ]

/ ɪˈnɒm ə nɪt /

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adjective

having no name; nameless; anonymous.

Origin of innominate

First recorded in 1630–40, innominate is from the Late Latin word innōminātus unnamed. See in-³, nominate

Words nearby innominate

innocent xii, innocent xiii, innocents' day, innocents, massacre or slaughter of the, innocuous, innominate, innominate artery, innominate bone, innominate cartilage, innominate vein, innomine

Example sentences from the Web for innominate

The cup-shaped cavity of the innominate bone for receiving the head of the femur.

A Practical Physiology |Albert F. Blaisdell
Juristically this seems to be a rationalization of the Roman innominate contract.

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law |Roscoe Pound
The inferior thyroid veins which drop their blood into the innominate are obstructed by valves at their junction.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 |Various
Make out the external jugular, the innominate, and its two branches, and the pulmo-cutaneous and vena cava superior.

Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata |H. G. Wells

Innominate aneurysm may be of the fusiform or of the sacculated variety, and is frequently associated with pouching of the aorta.

Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for innominate

innominate

/ (ɪˈnɒmɪnɪt) /

adjective

having no name; nameless

a less common word for anonymous

Medical definitions for innominate

innominate

[ ĭ-nŏm′ə-nĭt ]

adj.

Having no name.

Anonymous.