different between perineum vs pelvis

English

Alternative forms

• perinaeum, perinæum

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perinaeum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (perínaion, “space between the anus and scrotum”), from Ancient Greek ????????, ???????? (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), itself from earlier Ancient Greek ????? (perís, “penis”) through influence from Ancient Greek ????? (p?rís, “scrotum”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?.???ni?.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??.??ni.?m/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?p??.??ni?.?m/

Noun

perineum (plural perinea)

1. (anatomy) The region between the human genitalia, especially the scrotum, and anus.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:perineum

   • 1827, Guy's Hospital: Case of Fistula in Perineo, Successfully Treated, The Lancet, Volume 12, page 61,

     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.

   • 2005, Brian J. Moran, 27: Using the perineal pressure applicator device, Adam P. Dicker, Gregory S. Merrick, Frank M. Waterman, Richard K. Valicenti, Leonar G. Gomella (editors), Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy, page 251,

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

   • 2011, Ian Lyons, Biomedical Science: Lecture Notes, page 371,

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

Derived terms

• perineal

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “perineum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Simkin, Oliver. 2016. "?????, ????? y ?????????." Emerita: Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica, 84.2: 353-362.

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perineum.

Noun

perineum m (definite singular perineumi)

1. (anatomy) perineum

Declension

Czech

Noun

perineum n

1. perineum

Related terms

• perineální

Further reading

• perineum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• perineum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Etymology

From Latin pelvis (“basin”), from Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit ??? (palava, “wicker-work basket for catching fish”), Ancient Greek ????? (p?l?x, “helmet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?lv?s/

Noun

pelvis (plural pelvises or pelves)

1. (anatomy) The large compound bone structure at the base of the spine that supports the legs. It consists of hip bone, sacrum and coccyx.
2. (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity, especially such a cavity in the kidney into which urine passes towards the ureter

Related terms

• pelvic
• (cavity): hydropelvis, hydropelvic

Translations

See also

• pelvis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hip bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bone
• coccyx
• hip
• hipbone
• ilium
• innominate bone
• ischium
• os coxae
• pubis
• sacrum

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pelvis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?p?l.vis/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?p?l.bis/

Noun

pelvis f (plural pelvis)

1. pelvis

Derived terms

• pelvià

Further reading

• “pelvis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin peluis (“basin”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“container”). Compare Sanskrit ??? (palava, “wicker-work basket of for catching fish”), Ancient Greek ????? (p?l?x, “helmet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pe?l.u?is/, [?pe???u??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pel.vis/, [?p?lvis]

Noun

p?lvis f (genitive p?lvis); third declension

1. shallow bowl or basin

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or occasionally -em, ablative singular in -? or -e).

Descendants

Further reading

• pelvis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pelvis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pelvis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pelvis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pelvis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pelvis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pelvis.

Noun

pelvis f (plural pelvis)

1. pelvis

Related terms

• pelviano