PUDENDAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pudendal mean? 

• PUDENDAL (adjective)
  The adjective PUDENDAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or near the pudendum

  Familiarity information: PUDENDAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUDENDAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or near the pudendum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

pudendal nerve

Pertainym:

pudendum (human external genital organs collectively especially of a female)

Derivation:

pudendum (human external genital organs collectively especially of a female)

 Context examples 

An artery arising from the internal pudendal artery that supplies the bulbocavernosus and ischiocavernosus muscles of the perineum.

(Perineal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)