piriformis

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin pirifōrmis, ellipsis of mūsculus pirifōrmis (“pear-shaped muscle”). Doublet of piriform.

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Noun

piriformis (plural piriformes)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) A gluteal muscle which arises from the front of the sacrum and the ischium or sacrotuberous ligament, passes out of the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, and inserts into the greater trochanter of the femur, serving in humans to rotate the thigh laterally.

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Latin

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Etymology

From pirum (“a pear”) +‎ -fōrmis (“-form, -shaped”, adjectival suffix).

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Adjective

pirifōrmis (neuter pirifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin)

  1. pear-shaped, pyriform
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Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative pirifōrmis pirifōrme pirifōrmēs pirifōrmia
genitive pirifōrmis pirifōrmium
dative pirifōrmī pirifōrmibus
accusative pirifōrmem pirifōrme pirifōrmēs
pirifōrmīs 		pirifōrmia
ablative pirifōrmī pirifōrmibus
vocative pirifōrmis pirifōrme pirifōrmēs pirifōrmia

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