pend-, pens, -pense, -pending, -pended (Latin: hang, hanging; weigh, weighing; to cause to hang down)
pendulously
pendulousness
pendulum
pendulus
pendum femininum
Female pudendum; that portion of the female genitalia comprising the mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, vestibule of the vagina, bulb of the vestibule, greater and lesser vestibular glands, and vaginal orifice.
Commonly used to denote the entire external female genitalia (i.e., to include the clitoris and urethra as well). pension
pensionary
pensioner
pensive
pensively
pensiveness
penthouse
periappendicitis
Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the vermiform appendix (wormlike intestinal diverticulum extending from the blind end of the cecum; it varies in length and ends in a blind extremity).
The cecum is a blind pouch-like commencement of the colon in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen at the end of the small intestine. periappendicular
Adjacent to or surrounding an appendix.
perpend
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