Meanings
nounperitoneum (plural peritoneums or peritonea)
plural peritoneums · plural peritonea · alternative peritonaeum · alternative dated peritonæum
- anatomyIn mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
- biologyIn animals, the membrane lining the coelom cavity.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπεριτόναιον
- Latinperitonaeum
- Englishperitoneum
From Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιον (peritónaion), from περιτόναιος (peritónaios, “stretched or strained over”).
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Arabic صِفَاق
- صِفَاق (ṣifāq)serous membrane in mammals
Basque baresare
- baresareserous membrane in mammals
Catalan peritoneu
- peritoneuserous membrane in mammals
Chinese Mandarin 腹膜
- 腹膜 (fùmó)serous membrane in mammals
Czech pobřišnice
- pobřišniceserous membrane in mammals
Danish bughinde
- bughindeserous membrane in mammals
Dutch buikvlies, peritoneum
- buikvliesserous membrane in mammals
- peritoneumserous membrane in mammals
Esperanto peritoneo
- peritoneoserous membrane in mammals
Finnish vatsakalvo
- vatsakalvoserous membrane in mammals
French péritoine
- péritoineserous membrane in mammals
German Peritoneum, Bauchfell
- Peritoneumserous membrane in mammals
- Bauchfellserous membrane in mammals
Greek περιτόναιο
- περιτόναιο (peritónaio)serous membrane in mammals
Hungarian hashártya
- hashártyaserous membrane in mammals
Icelandic lífhimna
- lífhimnaserous membrane in mammals
Indonesian peritoneum
- peritoneumserous membrane in mammals
Irish seicin
- seicinserous membrane in mammals
Japanese 腹膜
- 腹膜 (fukumaku)serous membrane in mammals
Korean 복막
- 복막 (bongmak)serous membrane in mammals
Latin peritonaeum
- peritonaeumserous membrane in mammals
Latvian vēderplēve
- vēderplēveserous membrane in mammals
Norwegian Bokmål bukhinne
- bukhinneserous membrane in mammals
Persian صفاق
- صفاق (sefâq)serous membrane in mammals
Polish otrzewna
- otrzewnaserous membrane in mammals
Portuguese peritoneu, peritónio
- peritoneuserous membrane in mammals
- peritónioserous membrane in mammals
- peritônioserous membrane in mammals
Russian брюши́на
- брюши́на (brjušína)serous membrane in mammals
Spanish peritoneo
- peritoneoserous membrane in mammals
Swedish bukhinna
- bukhinnaserous membrane in mammals
Tagalog bambantiyan
- bambantiyanserous membrane in mammals
Ukrainian очере́вина
- очере́вина (očerévyna)serous membrane in mammals
Vietnamese màng bụng
- màng bụngserous membrane in mammals
Welsh perfeddlen, peritonëwm
- perfeddlenserous membrane in mammals
- peritonëwmserous membrane in mammals
- gwerenserous membrane in mammals
Cite this entry
APA
peritoneum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peritoneum
MLA
“peritoneum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peritoneum. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peritoneum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peritoneum.
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