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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or located in the groin.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the groin: as, an inguinal tumor or hernia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Astron. & Med.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin
  • adjective See Abdominal ring, under Abdominal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to the groin

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or near the groin

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin inguinālis, from inguen, inguin-, groin.]

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From Latin inguinālis, from inguen.

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