inguinal

[ing-gwuh-nl]

adjective

of, relating to, or situated in the groin.

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Origin of inguinal

1675–85; < Latin inguinālis of the groin, equivalent to inguin- (stem of inguen) swelling in the groin, groin (cognate with Greek adḗn gland; cf. adenoid) + -ālis -al¹

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Examples from the Web for inguinal

Turns out the fungi in our inguinal crease are not the same ones on our heel pad or behind our ear.
Happy Summer. You’re Covered in Fungus.|Kent Sepkowitz|July 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Patient 20 had a considerable amount of pus in the inguinal primary bubo, but it was not opened until after the last examination.
Plague|Thomas Wright Jackson
In other features there are no remarkable differences in structure, save that the mammae, always three pairs, may be inguinal.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
The same remarks apply to enlargement of the inguinal glands, which is a common occurrence in case cancer involves the peritoneum.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

The superficial lymphatic glands are frequently palpable in scurvy, especially those in the inguinal region.
Scurvy Past and Present|Alfred Fabian Hess
There were two pairs of inguinal and one pair of abdominal mammae.
Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920|L. R. Dice

British Dictionary definitions for inguinal

inguinal

adjective

anatomy of or relating to the groin

Word Origin for inguinal

C17: from Latin inguinālis, from inguen groin

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Word Origin and History for inguinal

inguinal

adj.

1680s, from Latin inguinalis "of the groin," from inguen (genitive inguinis) "groin," from PIE *engw- "groin, internal organ" (cf. Greek aden "gland").

Medicine definitions for inguinal

inguinal

[ĭng′gwə-nəl]

adj.

Of or located in the groin.

Relating to the left or right inguinal region of the abdomen.