perineum

See also: Perineum

English

Alternative forms

• perinaeum
• perinæum

Etymology

From post‐Classical Latin perineum (Classical Latin: perinaeon), from Ancient Greek περίναιον (perínaion) or περίνεος (períneos), from περί (perí, “around”) with ἰνέω (inéō, “I empty, evacuate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɝɪˈniːəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈniː.əm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ.ɹəˈni.əm/

Noun

perineum (plural perinea)

1. (anatomy) The region between the anus and the vagina in women and between the scrotum and anus in men.
   • 1827, Guy's Hospital: Case of Fistula in Perineo, Successfully Treated, The Lancet, Volume 12, page 61,

     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.

   • 2005, Brian J. Moran, 27: Using the perineal pressure applicator device, Adam P. Dicker, Gregory S. Merrick, Frank M. Waterman, Richard K. Valicenti, Leonar G. Gomella (editors), Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy, page 251,

     The prostate is surrounded by venous plexi and the perineum has a rich blood supply.

   • 2011, Ian Lyons, Biomedical Science: Lecture Notes, page 371,

     The perineum is diamond shaped and stretches from the pubic symphysis to the coccyx.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:perineum

Derived terms

• perineal

Translations

anatomical term

• Afrikaans: perineum
• Albanian: perineum m, nënvete (sq) f
• Arabic: عِجَان‎‎ m (ʿijān)
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: շեք (hy) (šekʿ)
• Asturian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: পেরিনিয়াম (periniẏam)
• Breton: perine, perineum
• Bulgarian: перинеум (perineum)
• Catalan: perineu m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 會陰, 会阴 (wui⁶ jam¹)

  Mandarin: 會陰 (zh), 会阴 (zh) (huìyīn)

• Czech: hráz (cs) f
• Danish: mellemkød n
• Dutch: perineum (nl) n, bilnaad m
• Esperanto: perineo
• Estonian: lahkliha
• Finnish: väliliha (fi)
• French: périnée (fr) m
• Galician: períneo m
• German: Perineum (de) n, Damm (de) m

  Alemannic German: Griggele f

• Greek: περίνεο (el) n (períneo)
• Hebrew: חֵיץ הַנְּקָבַיִים‎‎ m (kheyts ha-nekavayim)
• Hindi: मूलाधार (hi) m (mūlādhār)
• Hungarian: gát (hu), perineum (hu)
• Ido: perineo (io)
• Italian: perineo (it) m
• Japanese: 会陰 (ja) (えいん, ein)
• Korean: 회음부 (hoe-eumbu) (會陰部), 회음 (hoe-eum) (會陰)

• Latin: perineum n
• Latvian: starpene f
• Lithuanian: tarpvietė f
• Low German: Damm, Perineum
• Maori: huinga
• Northern Sami: cahcaoažži
• Norwegian: perineum

  Bokmål: mellomkjøtt n

• Persian: میاندوراه‎‎ (miyândorâh), عجان‎‎ ('ejân), پرینه‎‎ (perine)
• Polish: krocze (pl) n
• Portuguese: períneo (pt) m
• Romanian: perineu (ro) n
• Romansch: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: проме́жность (ru) f (proméžnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мѐђица f

  Roman: mèđica (sh) f

• Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: presrédek m
• Spanish: periné (es) m, perineo (es) m
• Swahili: msamba (sw)
• Swedish: mellangård c, perineum, bäckenbotten c
• Tagalog: kulampang
• Turkish: perine (tr), apış arası
• Ukrainian: промежина f (proméžyna)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: hội âm (會陰)
• Welsh: perinewm, perinëwm m, gwerddyr f
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

References

• “perineum” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

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Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perineum.

Noun

perineum m (definite singular perineumi)

1. (anatomy) perineum

Declension

declension of perineum

	indefinite forms		definite forms
nominative	perineum		perineumi
accusative	perineum		perineumin
genitive (i/e/të/së)	perineumi		perineumit
dative	perineumi		perineumit
ablative	perineumi		perineumit

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Czech

Noun

perineum n

1. perineum

Related terms

• perineální

Further reading

• perineum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• perineum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989