| pudendal ulcer | <disease, microbiology> A rare sexually transmitted disease that is caused by Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. This infection is more common in the tropical and subtropical areas such as India, Guyana and new Guinea. There are approximately 100 cases reported annually in the United States. Men are affected more often than women. It is thought to be most commonly acquired through anal intercourse. Symptoms include a small red nodule on the genitalia that may form elevated masses of reddened tissue (granulation tissue). The lesions gradual spread and destroy genital tissue. Diagnosis is via tissue biopsy or culture. Treatment includes antibiotics. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| pudendal veins | See: external pudendal veins, internal pudendal vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudendum | <anatomy> The external organs of generation, especially of the female; the vulva. See: Pudenda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pudendum femininum | <anatomy> The visible external female genitalia consisting of the mons pubis, labia, clitoris, vaginal orifice, vestibule and vestibular glands. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pudendum muliebre | <anatomy> The visible external female genitalia consisting of the mons pubis, labia, clitoris, vaginal orifice, vestibule and vestibular glands. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Pudenz | Robert H., U.S. Neurosurgeon, *1911. See: Heyer-Pudenz valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the external organs of generation. Origin: L.pudicus modest, fr. Pudere to be ashamed: cf. F. Pudique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pudic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Formed by fibres from the ventral primary rami of the second, third, and fourth sacral spinal nerves; it exits the pelvis via the greater sciatic foramen, passes posterior to the sacrospinous ligament, and accompanies the internal pudendal artery, into the perineum via the lesser sciatic foramen; it gives off inferior rectal nerves, then courses through the pudendal canal in the lateral wall of the ischiorectal fossa, terminating as the dorsal nerve of the penis or of the clitoris. Synonym: nervus pudendus, plexus pudendus nervosus, pudic nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudical | <anatomy> Pudic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Pudlak | P., 20th century Czech physician. See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type VI. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pudu | <zoology> A very small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |