perineum

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It is well known that the use of vaginal astringents may tone up and narrow the vagina and even restore the hymen to a great degree The surface between the vaginal orifice and the anus is called the perineum (Do not confuse this with the peritoneum, for they are entirely different).

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  1. noun The portion of the body in the pelvis occupied by urogenital passages and the rectum, bounded in front by the pubic arch, in the back by the coccyx, and laterally by part of the hipbone.
  2. noun The region between the scrotum and the anus in males, and between the posterior vulva junction and the anus in females.

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  1. Middle English, from Medieval Latin perinaeon, from Greek perinaion : peri-, peri- + inān, to excrete.
 

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/pɛrɪˈnium/
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