Meanings
plural perineums · plural perinea · alternative perinaeum · alternative perinæum
- anatomyThe region between the genitalia and anus.
The prostate is surrounded by venous plexi and the perineum has a rich blood supply.
2005, Brian J. Moran, “27: Using the perineal pressure applicator device”, in Adam P. Dicker, Gregory S. Merrick, Frank M. Waterman, Richard K. Valicenti, Leonar G. Gomella, editors, Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy, page 2512 more examples
He was attacked with complete retention of urine, after a debauch, and six weeks afterwards an abscess formed in the perineum, which eventually burst, leaving a fistulous opening, through which the urine continued to be discharged to the period of his admission into the Hospital.
1827, Guy's Hospital: Case of Fistula in Perineo, Successfully Treated: The Lancet, volume 12, page 61The perineum is diamond shaped and stretches from the pubic symphysis to the coccyx.
2011, Ian Lyons, Biomedical Science: Lecture Notes, page 371Synonyms: Biffin's bridge, aintcha, bonch, choad, geish, gooch, grundle, guiche
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe region between the genitalia and anus.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπηρίς“scrotum”
- Ancient Greekπερίς“penis”
- Ancient Greekπερίνεος, περίνεοι“male genitals”
- Ancient Greekπερίναιον“space between the anus and scrotum”
- Late Latinperinaeum
- Englishperineum
Borrowed from Late Latin perinaeum, from Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion, “space between the anus and scrotum”), from Ancient Greek περίνεος, περίνεοι (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), itself from earlier Ancient Greek περίς (perís, “penis”) through influence from Ancient Greek πηρίς (pērís, “scrotum”).
More words from Late Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans perineum
- perineumnoun
Ancient Greek περίνεος
- περίνεος (períneos)noun
Arabic عِجَان
- عِجَان (ʕijān)noun
Bengali পেরিনিয়াম
- পেরিনিয়াম (periniẏam)noun
Bulgarian перинеум
- перинеум (perineum)noun
Catalan perineu
- perineunoun
Chinese Cantonese 會陰 /会阴
- 會陰 /会阴 (wui⁶ jam¹)noun
Chinese Mandarin 會陰 /会阴
- 會陰 /会阴 (huìyīn)noun
Czech hráz
- hráznoun
Danish mellemkød
- mellemkødnoun
Dutch perineum
- perineumnoun
Esperanto perineo
- perineonoun
Estonian lahkliha
- lahklihanoun
Finnish väliliha
- välilihanoun
French périnée
- périnéenoun
German Perineum, Damm
- Perineumnoun
- Dammnoun
Greek περίνεο
- περίνεο (períneo)noun
Hebrew חֵיץ הַנְּקָבַיִים
- חֵיץ הַנְּקָבַיִים (kheyts ha-nekavayim)noun
Hindi मूलाधार
- मूलाधार (mūlādhār)noun
Hungarian gát, perineum
- gátnoun
- perineumnoun
Icelandic spöng
- spöngnoun
Irish gibidinic
- gibidinicnoun
Italian perineo
- perineonoun
Japanese 会陰
- 会陰 (ein)noun
Korean 회음부, 회음
- 회음부 (hoeeumbu)noun
- 회음 (hoeeum)noun
Latin perineum
- perineumnoun
Latvian starpene
- starpenenoun
Lithuanian tarpvietė
- tarpvietėnoun
Māori huinga
- huinganoun
Norwegian perineum
- perineumnoun
Norwegian Bokmål mellomkjøtt
- mellomkjøttnoun
Persian میاندوراه, عجان
- میاندوراه (miyândorâh)noun
- عجان ('ejân)noun
- پرینه (perine)noun
Polish krocze
- kroczenoun
Portuguese períneo
- períneonoun
Romanian perineu
- perineunoun
Russian проме́жность
- проме́жность (proméžnostʹ)noun
Slovak hrádza
- hrádzanoun
Spanish periné, perineo
- perinénoun
- perineonoun
Swahili msamba
- msambanoun
Swedish mellangård, perineum
- mellangårdnoun
- perineumnoun
- bäckenbottennoun
Tagalog kulampang
- kulampangnoun
Turkish perine, apış arası
- perinenoun
- apış arasınoun
Ukrainian проме́жина
- проме́жина (proméžyna)noun
Vietnamese hội âm
- hội âmnoun
Welsh perinewm, perinëwm
- perinewmnoun
- perinëwmnoun
- gwerddyrnoun
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with perineum
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