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pubococcygeus
[ pyoo-boh-kok-sij-ee-uhs, -sij-uhs ]
noun
- a muscle that stretches backward from the pubes toward the coccyx and forms part of the pelvic floor. : PC
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫耻顎卋辞路肠辞肠路肠测驳顎侥路补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pubococcygeus1
< Latin 辫奴产脓蝉 'groin' + connective -o- + Medieval Latin coccygeus 'of the coccyx' (< Greek 办贸办办测虫 ; see coccyx )
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Example Sentences
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Most doctors pay little attention to the pubococcygeus until a woman has serious trouble;resulting from its inability to support vital organs锟絬sually after childbirth.
One trouble is that most women have no idea that they possess a muscle called pubococcygeus, let alone know how to strengthen it.
It is, says the University of Southern California's Dr. Arnold H. Kegel, the pubococcygeus, which lies near the base of the pelvis, just above the perineum* It has the task of holding up the organs in the lower pelvis.
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