perineal

[Mod. Latin perine (um); Eng, adj. suff. al.] Anat.: Pertaining or belonging to the per inæum. There are a perineal fascia, a perineal artery, and a perineal nerve. IMG:content-0899.png:[blocks in formation] Gr. pla o to mold, or form.] Surg .: The art or act of restoring a lacerated or injured per inæum. pěr-i-ne-or-rhā-phy, s. [Eng. per inœum, and Gr. rhaptein =to sew.] Med .: The act or art of sewing up a ruptured or lacerated per inæum.