perinealadj.
/ˌpɛrᵻˈniːəl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈniəl/ Anatomy and Medicine.
Of, relating to, or situated in the perineum.In quot. 1767 in a parody of Johnsonian style.
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perignous?1541
perineal1767
1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 20 I suffered a total perineal excoriation.
1824 Lancet 25 Jan. 108/2 You will also find a hernia at times between the vagina and rectum in females, called perineal hernia.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 178/1 These muscles..have the effect of making tense the different perinæal aponeurosis.
1868 H. Thompson Dis. Urin. Organs 3 The posterior layer of the deep perineal fascia.
1901 Science 22 Feb. 291/2 The levator ani muscle in its origin is unique. At its insertion it is fixed only at the perineal center and the coccyx.
1957 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 26 136 Such myiasis [in sheep] is frequently of obviously putrefactive origin—urine staining of the perinaeal region, bacterial activity in dead surface tissue.
1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) xxvi. 451 It is important that observation of the perineal suture line be carried out daily until healed.
2003 Ventura County (Calif.) Star (Nexis) 18 May a1 He inserted them [sc. the probes] through the patient's perineal area and into his prostate.
Compounds
perineal body n. the internal tissue immediately below the skin surface of the perineum.
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1890 Cent. Dict. at Perineum It [sc. the name perineum] may be more particularly applied to the superficial parts, the deeper parts receiving the name of perineal body.
1973 Dis. Colon & Rectum 16 444 (title) Anatomy of the perineal body.
2000 Jrnl. Urol. 164 1412 The levator ani flanks the urethra as it courses from the pubis to its insertion in the perineal body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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