Library / English Dictionary

PERIANAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Around the anus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

anus (the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal)

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 Context examples: 

The area that includes the anus and the perianal skin.

(Anal Region, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm arising from the perianal sweat glands.

(Anal Papillary Hidradenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

HIV-positive patients have an increased risk of developing Kaposi sarcoma in the perianal region.

(Anal Kaposi Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A precancerous neoplastic intraepithelial process involving either the squamous and transitional zones of the anal canal or the perianal skin (anal margin).

(Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic polypoid lesion that arises from the anal canal or perianal skin.

(Anal Fibroepithelial Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

Anal carcinomas include the anal canal and anal margin (perianal skin) carcinomas.

(Anal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The transitional zone between the moist, hairless, modified skin of the anal canal and the perianal skin.

(Anal Margin, NCI Thesaurus)

A basal cell carcinoma arising from the perianal skin.

(Anal Margin Basal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A squamous cell carcinoma arising from the perianal skin.

(Anal Margin Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma arising in the anal margin or perianal skin (below the anal verge and involving the perianal hair-bearing skin).

(Anal Margin Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)