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Definition: Perineum |
PerineumNoun1. The general region between the anus and the genital organs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "perineum" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references) |
Etymology: Perineum \Per`i*ne"um\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression,]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The area between the anus and the sex organs. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Perineum."
Crosswords: Perineum |
| English words defined with "perineum": anoperineal, arteria perinealis ♦ episiotomy ♦ lumbosacral plexus ♦ Perinaeum, perineal, perineal artery, Perineoplasty, Perineorrhaphy, perineotomy ♦ T bandage ♦ vena bulbi penis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "perineum": Fournier Gangrene ♦ Staphylococcus aureus ♦ webbed penis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Perineum" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (perineum), German (perineum), Serbo-Croatian (perineum). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Perineum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Perineum" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "perineum": tear of the perineum. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
perineum | 140 |
massage perineum | 10 |
male perineum | 9 |
pain perineum | 7 |
perineum picture | 6 |
female perineum | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "perineum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | العجان. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | перинеум. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | perineum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | primære perinæum (primary perineum), primær perinæum (primary perineum), totalruptur af perinaeum (complete rupture of the perineum), bagre perineum (posterior perineum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | primitief perineum (primary perineum), volledige scheur van het perineum (complete rupture of the perineum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | périnée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | perineum, damm (back-filling, bank, barrage, barricade, bund, causeway, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, fill, fill embankment, flood bank, flood control levee, flood embankment, flood levee, levee, ridge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περίνεο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gát (bar, barrage, dam, Digue, dike, dyke, hindrance, hurdle, hurdles, impediment, lasher, obstacle, pen, rampart, seal, shackle, stumbling-block, trammel, traverse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | perineo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 会陰 (the perineum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | えい" (the perineum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | goal (branch, Britain, crotch, crutch, foreigner, fork, Gaul, junction, love, lowlander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erineumpay períneo, circunferência (circle, circuit, circumference, compasses, girth, round). (various references) perineu. (various references) промежность (crotch, fork, perinea). (various references) perineum, međica. (various references) perineo (floor of the pelvis, pelvic floor). (various references) bäckenbotten. (various references) apış arası, anüs ile cinsel organ arası. (various references) промежина (cleft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | perinaion, perinaios. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Perineum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epinotum, Herennium, perineums, perinium, Pernem, Perronneau, peruneum, Precinorm. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "perineum" (pronounced 'Per`i*ne"um'): Brontozoum, Bryozoum, harum-scarum, mausoleum, Mesophloeum, Meum, Minum, museum, Notaeum, Oakum, Odeum, Ommateum, Otozoum, Perinaeum, Peritoneum, Phleum, Pleuroperitoneum, Proctodaeum, Propylaeum, Prytaneum, Retineum, Stomatodaeum, Stomodaeum, Tuum, Uraeum, Xenodochium. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-n-p-r-u" | |
-1 letter: premune. | |
-2 letters: empire, epimer, ermine, impure, murein, murine, premen, premie, punier, purine, repine, umpire, unripe. | |
-3 letters: enure, inure, miner, neume, preen, prime, prune, puree, purin, repin, ripen, rumen, rupee, unrip, urine. | |
-4 letters: emeu, emir, erne, menu, mere, mien, mine, mire, muni, mure, neem, neep, neum, peen, peer, pein, peri, perm, pier, pine, pirn, pree. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-n-p-r-u" | |
+2 letters: epidendrum, epineurium, imprudence, impureness, peritoneum, praemunire. | |
+3 letters: epidendrums, epineuriums, hyperimmune, imprudences, perineurium, peritoneums, praemunires, reequipment, unimpressed. | |
+4 letters: epicureanism, grumpinesses, impurenesses, premeasuring, prenumbering, pumpernickel, reequipments, supereminent, unimpressive. | |
+5 letters: epicureanisms, hyperimmunize, imperiousness, prefigurement, primogeniture, pumpernickels, supereminence, superminister, underemphasis. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 69 6E 65 75 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. .. -. . ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r i n e u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 0069 006E 0065 0075 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5071847580718779 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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