pudendum
noun
Usually pudenda the external genital organs, especially the vulva.
pudendal
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a word derived from
pudendum.
Example Sentences
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That included her anatomy professor, Doug Broadfield, who had been showing the pudendal canal, nerve and artery to students for 14 years.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
Melissa Turner left her job as a document control administrator late last year after receiving a pudendal neuralgia diagnosis.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2018
After twisting themselves through the tangle of the sacral plexus, pudendal nerve fibers slip through the sacrum’s perforations, and plug into the spinal cord.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2015
The most reliable sign that someone has pudendal neuralgia, experts say, is if he or she feels pain while sitting.
From US News ● May 7, 2015
The large pudic and the pudendal constitute the main supply of the external genitals.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Havelock Ellis
