单词 | pubococcygeal |
释义 | > as lemmaspubococcygeal pubococcygeal adj. Brit. /ˌpjuːbə(ʊ)kɒkˈsɪdʒɪəl/ , U.S. /ˌpjuboʊˌkɑkˈsɪdʒiəl/ [probably after French pubo-coccygien (1805 or earlier); compare scientific Latin pubo-coccygeus (1866 or earlier)] of, relating to, or connecting the pubic bone and the coccyx; spec. designating or relating to the part of the levator ani muscle that takes its origin from the pubis (sometimes regarded as a separate muscle).ΚΠ 1858 E. B. Sinclair & G. Johnston Pract. Midwifery i. i. 26 Too transverse to slip with readiness into the antero-posterior or pubo-coccygeal direction of the inferior strait. 1908 Lancet 20 June 1771/2 A tear in the pubo-coccygeal fibres would inevitably result in the occurrence of cystocele and rectocele. 2001 J. E. Braziel & K. Le Besco Bodies out of Bounds vi. 126 The PC (pubococcygeal) muscle is one muscle that contracts during female orgasm. < as lemmas |
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