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gluteal

gluteal adjective: relating to the buttocks.

Adjective

gluteal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the buttocks.
    • 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...1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)

Noun

gluteal (plural gluteals)

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

gluteal meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

gluteal in Tamil

பின் தொடைப் பகுதி சார்ந்த, புட்ட

gluteal in Tagalog

relating to the buttocks
pampigi

Forms of gluteal

Adjective
alternative formglutæal
Noun
pluralgluteals

Origin of gluteal

From gluteus + -al.

Words formed from gluteal

Phrases with gluteal

Questions about gluteal

What does gluteal mean?
Gluteal means relating to the buttocks.
What is gluteal in Tamil?
Gluteal in Tamil is பின் தொடைப் பகுதி சார்ந்த, புட்ட. See Gluteal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gluteal?
Gluteal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near gluteal in the dictionary

  1. glutches
  2. glutching
  3. glute
  4. glute bridge
  5. glute bridges
  6. gluteal
  7. gluteal cleft
  8. gluteal clefts
  9. gluteal sulcus
  10. gluteals
  11. glutei

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