Meanings
nounperinæum (plural perinæa)
plural perinæa
- obsoleteObsolete typography of perinaeum.
When there is no laceration of the perinæum, nor a dilatation of the vaginal outlet from rectocele, the operation described as applicable for the anterior wall may be of itself sufficient to cure a partial procidentia.
1884, Thomas Addis Emmet, The Principles and Practice of Gynæcology, Henry C. Lea’s Son & Co.; third edition, Chapter XIX, page 360
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