Meanings
- obsoleteuncountablemedicineThe accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum
In the greater proportion of cases hydroperitoneum causes no difficulty.
1906, Sir John Bland-Sutton, The Diseases of women, page 3802 more examples
If uniformity could be preserved throughout, we ought, however, to say hydroperitoneum, in place of ascites, hydropneumonia, for edema of the lungs, hydroarachnoid, for hydrocephalus, hydropleura, for hydrothorax, and hydrovarium, for dropsy of the ovaries.
1848, John Bell, Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Physic, volume 2, page 425There were fourteen cases of primary ovarian cancer, most of them associated with hydroperitoneum.
1922, International Record of Medicine and General Practice ClinicsSynonyms: ascites, seroperitoneum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum
Origin
Translations
Italian idroperitoneo
- idroperitoneoaccumulation of fluid in the peritoneum
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