Definition of Pudendal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or near the pudendum. "Pudendal nerve"

Partainyms: Pudendum
Derivative terms: Pudendum

Definition of Pudendal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.

Definition of Pudendal

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Relating to or near the pudendum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pudendal

1. pudendum [adj] - See also: pudendum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pudendal

puddlers
puddles
puddley
puddlier
puddliest
puddling
puddlings
puddly
puddock
puddocks
puddy
pudencies
pudency
pudend
pudenda
pudendal (current term)
pudendal artery
pudendal block
pudendal cleavage
pudendal cleft
pudendal slit
pudendal vein
pudends
pudent
pudge
pudges
pudgier

Literary usage of Pudendal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"The pudendal nerve ... 8, placed on the great sacro-sciatic ligament, points to the pudendal nerve; 8', its further course; 4, inferior pudendal; 5, ..."

2. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The deep dorsal vein of the penis communicates with the internal pudendal veins, but ends mainly in the pudendal plexus. 4. ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1880)
"pudendal Hemorrhage. Especial attention was called to this condition by Sir James Simpson,1 who, in 1850, recorded from his own experience, ..."

4. A Practical treatise on the diseases of women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1872)
"The causes are identical with those of pudendal hemorrhage, namely : Muscular efforts ; Blows rupturing the labia; Incisions or punctures. Symptoms. ..."

5. A Textbook of Gynecology by Charles Alfred Lee Reed (1901)
"A dressing thus applied will last from six to ten hours. Further treatment is given in the section relating to pudendal ..."

6. Essentials of gynæcology by Edwin Bradford Cragin (1897)
"... hernia consists of an ovary which has become adherent, protect it from pressure by a hollow pad, or if it occasions great distress, remove it. pudendal ..."

7. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It is accompanied by a pair of venae comitantes and the pudendal nerve. Peculiarities.—The internal pudendal artery is sometimes smaller than usual, ..."

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