Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the pudendum; connected with or relating to the pudenda; pudic: as, the pudendal vessels, nerves, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pudenda, or pudendum.

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  • adjective anatomy Relating to or near the pudendum.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or near the pudendum

Etymologies

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From Latin pudendum ("external genitals, shaming") + -al.

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Examples

  • Oh and before I go – Daryll casts some wild aspertions about What Gays Do and I thought someone should tell Daryll to try Googling something men have called the pudendal nerve.

    Think Progress » ‘Values Voter Summit’ Features Attack on ‘Faggots,’ Claim That Gay Rights Movement Inspired ‘From The Pit Of Hell Itself’ 2006

  • That in fact, there is this doctor who ` s the pudendal (ph) nerve guy, Jeffrey Cole (ph), who said that and no one would listen to him in the world of pop culture, women have a pudendal nerve that either branches in two places or don ` t.

    CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2010 2010

  • WINSTEAD: I want to know if there ` s a pudendal nerve doctor in my health plan.

    CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2010 2010

  • The pudendal nerve supplies the clitoris but the pelvic, hypogastric and vagus nerves serve the pelvis region.

    Suzie Heumann: Enlightened Sex: Movement For Freeing Orgasm 2009

  • Its risqué shell is a life-sized simulacrum of the female reproductive region, including hips, an exposed midriff, two thighs and a pudendal cleft—complete with a tuft of alarmingly lifelike hair on the mons pubis.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • A pudendal block involves injecting an anesthetic into nerves that will numb the perineal area around the opening of the vagina.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • A pudendal block involves injecting an anesthetic into nerves that will numb the perineal area around the opening of the vagina.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • There are two main categories of regional medicine for pain relief in labor: (1) the epidurals and spinals, and (2) the targeted regional anesthetics (such as paracervical or pudendal blocks), which are used much less frequently.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • There are two main categories of regional medicine for pain relief in labor: (1) the epidurals and spinals, and (2) the targeted regional anesthetics (such as paracervical or pudendal blocks), which are used much less frequently.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Its risqué shell is a life-sized simulacrum of the female reproductive region, including hips, an exposed midriff, two thighs and a pudendal cleft—complete with a tuft of alarmingly lifelike hair on the mons pubis.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

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