pudendum

[pyoo-den-duh m] /pyuˈdɛn dəm/
noun, plural pudenda
[pyoo-den-duh] /pyuˈdɛn də/ (Show IPA), Usually, pudenda, Anatomy
1.
the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English < Late Latin, special use of neuter of Latin pudendus, gerundive of pudēre to be ashamed
Examples from the web for pudendum
  • Together with the connecting skin between them, they form the posterior labial commissure or posterior boundary of the pudendum.
British Dictionary definitions for pudendum

pudendum

/pjuːˈdɛndəm/
noun (pl) -da (-də)
1.
(often pl) the human external genital organs collectively, esp of a female
Derived Forms
pudendal, pudic (ˈpjuːdɪk) adjective
Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin, from Latin pudenda the shameful (parts), from pudēre to be ashamed
Word Origin and History for pudendum
n.

"external genitals," late 14c. (pudenda), from Latin pudendum (plural pudenda), literally "thing to be ashamed of," neuter gerundive of pudere "make ashamed; be ashamed," from PIE root *(s)peud- "to punish, repulse." Translated into Old English as scamlim ("shame-limb"); in Middle English also anglicized as pudende (early 15c.). Related: Pudendal.

pudendum in Medicine

pudendum pu·den·dum (pyōō-děn'dəm)
n. pl. pu·den·da (-də)
The human external genitalia, especially of a woman.

pu·den'dal (-děn'dəl) adj.