perineum

See also: Perineum

English

Alternative forms

• perinaeum
• perinæum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈniː.əm/
• IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ.ɹəˈni.əm/

Noun

perineum (plural perinea)

1. (anatomy) The region between the vulva and anus in women and the scrotum and anus in men.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:perineum

   • 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.

Derived terms

• perineal

Translations

anatomical term

• Afrikaans: perineum
• Albanian: perineum m, nënvete (sq) f
• Arabic: عِجَان m (ʕijān)
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: շեք (hy) (šekʻ)
• Asturian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: aralıq (az)
• 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), 会阴 (wui⁶ jam¹)

  Mandarin: 會陰／会阴 (zh) (huìyīn), 会阴 (zh) (huìyīn)

• Czech: hráz (cs) f
• Danish: mellemkød n
• Dutch: perineum (nl) n, bilnaad (nl) 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)

  Ancient: περίνεος m (períneos)

• Hebrew: חֵיץ הַנְּקָבַיִים m (kheyts ha-nekavayim)
• Hindi: मूलाधार (hi) m (mūlādhār)
• Hungarian: gát (hu), perineum (hu)
• Ido: perineo (io)
• Irish: gibidinic
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• Italian: perineo (it) m
• Japanese: 会陰 (ja) (えいん, ein)
• Korean: 회음부 (hoeeumbu) (會陰部), 회음 (hoeeum) (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: hrádza
• Slovene: presrédek m
• Spanish: periné (es) m, perineo (es) m
• Swahili: msamba (sw)
• Swedish: mellangård (sv) c, perineum, bäckenbotten c
• Tagalog: kulampang
• Turkish: perine (tr), apış arası
• Ukrainian: проме́жина 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

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “perineum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• perineum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perineum.

Noun

perineum m (definite perineumi)

1. (anatomy) perineum

Declension

Declension of perineum

	indefinite	definite
nominative	perineum	perineumi
accusative		perineumin
dat./abl.	perineumi	perineumit

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Czech

Noun

perineum n

1. perineum

Related terms

• perineální

Further reading

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