What does perianal mean?

perianal means "around the anus".

How many syllables are in perianal?

perianal has 4 syllables: pe-ri-a-nal. The stress falls on "ri".

Is perianal a common word?

perianal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

perianal

Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.

Part of speech: adjective
How common: Rare
Syllables: 4
Letters: 8

perianal is an adjective meaning "around the anus". It carries one recorded sense.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
around the anus

Questions about perianal

What does perianal mean?: perianal means "around the anus".
How many syllables are in perianal?: perianal has 4 syllables: pe-ri-a-nal. The stress falls on "ri".
Is perianal a common word?: perianal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for perianal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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