Perineum

//ˌpɛ.ɹɪˈniː.əm//

Synonyms for "perineum" (42 found)

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More general

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More specific

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

coordinate

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derived

2 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

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Translations

74 translations across 58 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • perineum noun (Translations)

Albanian

2 entries
  • nënvete noun (Translations)
  • perineum noun (Translations)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • περίνεος noun (Translations)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عِجَان noun (Translations)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • perineu noun (Translations)

Armenian

1 entries
  • շեք noun (Translations)

Asturian

1 entries
  • perinéu noun (Translations)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • aralıq noun (Translations)

Bengali

1 entries
  • পেরিনিয়াম noun (Translations)

Breton

2 entries
  • perine noun (Translations)
  • perineum noun (Translations)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • перинеум noun (Translations)

Catalan

1 entries
  • perineu noun (Translations)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 會陰 /会阴 noun (Translations)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 會陰 /会阴 noun (Translations)

Czech

1 entries
  • hráz noun (Translations)

Danish

1 entries
  • mellemkød noun (Translations)

Dutch

1 entries
  • perineum noun (Translations)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • perineo noun (Translations)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lahkliha noun (Translations)

Finnish

1 entries
  • väliliha noun (Translations)

French

1 entries
  • périnée noun (Translations)

Galician

1 entries
  • períneo noun (Translations)

German

3 entries
  • Damm noun (Translations)
  • Griggele noun (Translations)
  • Perineum noun (Translations)

Greek

1 entries
  • περίνεο noun (Translations)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חֵיץ הַנְּקָבַיִים noun (Translations)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मूलाधार noun (Translations)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • gát noun (Translations)
  • perineum noun (Translations)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • spöng noun (Translations)

Ido

1 entries
  • perineo noun (Translations)

Irish

1 entries
  • gibidinic noun (Translations)

Italian

1 entries
  • perineo noun (Translations)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 会陰 noun (Translations)

Korean

2 entries
  • 회음 noun (Translations)
  • 회음부 noun (Translations)

Latin

1 entries
  • perineum noun (Translations)

Latvian

1 entries
  • starpene noun (Translations)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tarpvietė noun (Translations)

Low German

2 entries
  • Damm noun (Translations)
  • Perineum noun (Translations)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • меѓичка noun (Translations)

Māori

1 entries
  • huinga noun (Translations)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • cahcaoažži noun (Translations)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • perineum noun (Translations)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • mellomkjøtt noun (Translations)

Persian

3 entries
  • عجان noun (Translations)
  • میاندوراه noun (Translations)
  • پرینه noun (Translations)

Polish

1 entries
  • krocze noun (Translations)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • períneo noun (Translations)

Romanian

1 entries
  • perineu noun (Translations)

Russian

1 entries
  • проме́жность noun (Translations)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • mèđica noun (Translations)
  • мѐђица noun (Translations)

Slovak

1 entries
  • hrádza noun (Translations)

Slovene

1 entries
  • presrédek noun (Translations)

Spanish

2 entries
  • perineo noun (Translations)
  • periné noun (Translations)

Swahili

1 entries
  • msamba noun (Translations)

Swedish

3 entries
  • bäckenbotten noun (Translations)
  • mellangård noun (Translations)
  • perineum noun (Translations)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kulampang noun (Translations)

Turkish

2 entries
  • apış arası noun (Translations)
  • perine noun (Translations)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • проме́жина noun (Translations)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hội âm noun (Translations)

Welsh

3 entries
  • gwerddyr noun (Translations)
  • perinewm noun (Translations)
  • perinëwm noun (Translations)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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