قُحْقُحٌ
Root: قح
Full Definition
قُحْقُحٌ
[The ischium; i. e.] the bone that surrounds the posterior pudendum, somewhat above the
قِبّ [or end of the rump-bone]: or the part where the two hip-bones meet, internally: or [rather] what intervenes between the two hipbones, and surrounds the
خَوْرَان [or anus, or part in which is the anus]; the خوران being between the قُحْقُح and the عُصْعُص: or the lower part of the
عَجْب [or rump-bone, or root of the tail], in the integuments (طِبَاق) of the two hip-bones; somewhat above the
قِبّ: or the bone upon which is the place wherein the penis is inserted, next, or near, to the lower part of the
رَكَب [or pubes]: it is said in the T that it is no part of the extremity of the backbone, and that its place of junction, or meeting, is outside the
عُصْعُص: also, that the upper part of the عُصْعُص is the عَجْب, and its lower part is the ذَنَب: or the عصعص is the internal extremity of the backbone, and the عجب is its external extremity, and the خَوْرَان is the دُبُر: or, accord. to IAar, i. q.
عُصْعُصٌ. (O voce عُكْدَةٌ.)
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