pudendal

1. 1.

   of or relating to or near the pudendum

   “pudendal nerve”

Questions about pudendal

What does pudendal mean?

pudendal means "of or relating to or near the pudendum".

How many syllables are in pudendal?

pudendal has 3 syllables and divides as pu-den-dal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pudendal a common word?

pudendal 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.