Phrase guide

pelvic floor

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A muscular partition, formed by the muscle fibers of the levator ani, the coccygeus, and associated connective tissue, which spans the area underneath the pelvis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • 1994, T. Sayer, T. Smith, 2.9 Pelvic Floor Biopsy, Bernhard Schüssler, Jo Laycock, Peggy A. Norton, Stuart L. Stanton (editors), Pelvic Floor Re-Education, Springer, page 99, Single-fibre electromyography (SFEMG) and pudendal nerve terminal motor latency (PNTML) recordings were done in control women and women with genitourinary prolapse or stress incontinence who also had a pelvic floor muscle biopsy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pelvic diaphragm

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨盆底 (gǔpéndǐ) — muscular partition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盆底 (péndǐ) — muscular partition
  • Czech: pánevní dno — muscular partition
  • Dutch: bekkenbodem — muscular partition
  • Finnish: lantionpohja — muscular partition
  • French: plancher pelvien — muscular partition
  • French: diaphragme pelvien — muscular partition
  • German: Beckenboden — muscular partition
  • Irish: urlár peilbheach — muscular partition
  • Maltese: qiegħ tal-pelvi — muscular partition
  • Polish: przepona miednicy — muscular partition
  • Russian: диафра́гма та́за (diafrágma táza) — muscular partition
  • Spanish: piso pélvico — muscular partition
  • Spanish: suelo pélvico — muscular partition
  • Swedish: bäckenbotten — muscular partition
  • Thai: ฐานเชิงกราน — muscular partition