BUTTOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buttock mean? 

• BUTTOCK (noun)
  The noun BUTTOCK has 1 sense:

1. either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

  Familiarity information: BUTTOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTTOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

buttock; cheek

Hypernyms ("buttock" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Meronyms (parts of "buttock"):

glute; gluteal muscle; gluteus; gluteus muscle (any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh)

Holonyms ("buttock" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

 Context examples 

The outermost and largest muscle of the buttocks.

(Gluteus Maximus, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the skeletal muscles that form the buttocks.

(Gluteal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

It can cause sores on your genital or rectal area, buttocks, and thighs.

(Genital Herpes, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

It usually occurs in medium-sized and large nerves of the buttock, thigh, upper arm, or the paraspinal region.

(Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs more frequently on the scalp, face, orbit, back, buttocks, extremities, hands, and feet.

(Melanoma Arising from Blue Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents as a solitary nodule in the head and neck, upper extremities, or buttocks.

(Pilomatrical Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

They are most common on the chest, groin, hips, buttocks, and under the arms.

(Mycosis fungoides patch, NCI Dictionary)

A chronic autoimmune skin disorder characterized by the development of pruritic papulovesicular and bullous lesions in the elbows, knees, buttocks, and back.

(Dermatitis Herpetiformis, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually grows in the legs, buttocks, feet, and trunk and usually presents as an ulcerative plaque.

(Eccrine Porocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The plastic surgeon can take skin, muscle, and fat from your lower abdomen, back, or buttocks.

(Breast Reconstruction, NIH: National Cancer Institute)