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Definition of "innominate" [in•nom•i•nate]

  • Having no name. (adjective)
  • Anonymous. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "innominate" in a sentence
  • "There were others termed innominate because they had no special names: these were summed up in the four formula: Do, ut des; Do, ut facias; Facio, ut des; and"
  • "Three arteries, feeding the head, neck and arms, branch off directly from the aortic arch, in this order: innominate, left carotid, left subclavian."
  • "Type C (least common): The disconnection is after the innominate artery (sometimes called the brachiocephalic artery)."