"pelvic floor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pelvic floors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pelvic floor (plural pelvic floors)
  1. (anatomy) 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. Wikipedia link: pelvic floor Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: pelvic diaphragm Translations (muscular partition): 骨盆底 (gǔpéndǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), pánevní dno [neuter] (Czech), bekkenbodem [masculine] (Dutch), lantionpohja (Finnish), plancher pelvien [masculine] (French), diaphragme pelvien [masculine] (French), Beckenboden [masculine] (German), urlár peilbheach [masculine] (Irish), qiegħ tal-pelvi [masculine] (Maltese), przepona miednicy [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pelvic_floor-en-noun-IzcUBb-0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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