Piriformisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪ.ɹɪˈfɔː.mɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪɹ.əˈfɔɹ.mɪs/

名詞

piriformis (複数形 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.

派生語

• piriformis syndrome

参照

• “pyriformis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “piriformis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

Latin

別の表記

• pyrifōrmis

語源

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

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pi.riˈfoːr.mis/, [pɪɾɪˈfoːɾmɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pi.riˈfor.mis/, [piriˈfɔrmis]

形容詞

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

1. pear-shaped, pyriform