inguinal

[ing-gwuh-nl]

adjective

of, relating to, or situated in the groin.

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

Contemporary Examples of 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

Historical Examples of inguinal

In consequence of the irritation, the inguinal glands are enlarged.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin
Henry Weightman Stelwagon
The findings were local reaction, inguinal buboes, and typical spleen.
Plague
Thomas Wright Jackson
One pair is inguinal and two pairs are on the posterior part of the abdomen.
American Weasels
E. Raymond Hall
This is an error; it was an ovary occupying the sac of an inguinal hernia.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)
Various
No fold across the throat or along the side; no femoral or inguinal pores.
Reptiles and Birds
Louis Figuier

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

adj.

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

inguinal in Medicine

inguinal

[ĭng′gwə-nəl]

adj.

Of or located in the groin.
Relating to the left or right inguinal region of the abdomen.