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• n  a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples
• n  one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium

• The ailment results when friction causes inflammation of the bursae, or small, fluid-filled sacs, in places where tendons pass over the ischia, or hipbones.

• Ischia
• ischium
• ischial bone
• os ischii

News & Articles

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• Teen commits suicide after gambling away family's money
  NAPLES, Italy, July 5 (UPI) -- A 19-year-old man on the Italian island of Ischia committed suicide after squandering all of his family's money playing a slot machine, officials said.
  July 5, 2013 - UPI