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Pudenda Pudendum Pudic Pudor

Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)

Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ PUDENDA   med> EXTERNAL GENITALIA
^u               gradualy reduced to imply
            id+ | FEMALE PUDENDA or PUBIS |
            lat PUDERE = TO BE ASHAMED
            PUBIS PUDOR and PUBERTY
            convey intertwined ideas
~ PUDENDUM  includes MONS PUBIS and       see> PUBERTY
            the rest of the VULVA         sug> BRIBE
~ PUDIC     denotes relation to PUDENDA   sug> BRIDE
~ PUDOR     id+ | SENSE OF SEXUAL SHAME |
            id+ | SEXUAL MODESTY or
                  CHASTITY |
  ukr  PJAI     PUSH
  skt  PEUD   = REJECT or
      SPEUD     PUSH AWAY
  lat  PUDENS   MODEST  BASHFUL  sug> COY
       PUDICE   CHASTELY         sug> MAIDENLY
  sp   PUDOR    SHYNESS          see> PUBERAL
  see> PUBERTY

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