Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gluteal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: gluteal
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the buttocks.

noun

Any of the muscles of the buttocks, gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus

Example Sentences

"These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women)."

Etymology

From gluteus + -al.

Inflected Forms

glutæal (alternative) gluteals (plural)

Derived Forms

dorsogluteal gluteofemoral intergluteal intragluteal ischiogluteal subgluteal transgluteal ventrogluteal

Phrases

gluteal cleft gluteal sulcus

Questions

What does gluteal mean?: Relating to the buttocks.
Where does gluteal come from?: From gluteus + -al.

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