PERINEUM (perinea)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: perinea   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does perineum mean? 

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

1. the general region between the anus and the genital organs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERINEUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The general region between the anus and the genital organs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)

Derivation:

perineal (of or relating to the perineum)

 Context examples 

Ectomesenchymomas may form in the head and neck, abdomen, perineum, scrotum, or limbs.

(Ectomesenchymoma, NCI Dictionary)

An artery arising from the internal pudendal artery that supplies the bulbocavernosus and ischiocavernosus muscles of the perineum.

(Perineal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common sites of involvement are the extremities (distal-type epithelioid sarcoma), and less frequently the pelvis, perineum, and genital organs (proximal-type epithelioid sarcoma).

(Epithelioid Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It extends from the mons pubis to the perineum.

(Labium Majus, NCI Thesaurus)