Meanings
plural peritonitides · plural peritonites
- countableuncountablemedicineInflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity.
Oh, a very well-known man. He has a great reputation as an operator for peritonitis.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC1 more example
Intraperitoneal injections of a strong solution produce fibrohemorrhagic peritonitis of varying intensity, according to the strength of the solution; while intraperitoneal injections of small quantities of a diluted solution of formalin induce a chronic peritonitis with great connective tissue proliferation, and a striking eosinophilia.
1901 December, E. Q. THORNTON M.D., “PRACTICAL THERAPEUTIC REFERENDUM”, in PROGRESSIVE MEDICINE. A QUARTERLY DIGEST OF ADVANCES DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SCIENCES., volume IV, page 363
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian перитонит
- перитонит (peritonit)inflammation of the peritoneum
Catalan peritonitis
- peritonitisinflammation of the peritoneum
Chinese Cantonese 腹膜炎
- 腹膜炎inflammation of the peritoneum
Chinese Mandarin 腹膜炎
- 腹膜炎 (fùmóyán)inflammation of the peritoneum
Czech peritonitida
- peritonitidainflammation of the peritoneum
Danish bughindebetændelse
- bughindebetændelseinflammation of the peritoneum
Dutch peritonitis, buikvliesontsteking
- peritonitisinflammation of the peritoneum
- buikvliesontstekinginflammation of the peritoneum
Esperanto peritoneito
- peritoneitoinflammation of the peritoneum
Estonian peritoniit
- peritoniitinflammation of the peritoneum
Finnish vatsakalvontulehdus, peritoniitti
- vatsakalvontulehdusinflammation of the peritoneum
- peritoniittiinflammation of the peritoneum
French péritonite
- péritoniteinflammation of the peritoneum
German Bauchfellentzündung, Peritonitis
- Bauchfellentzündunginflammation of the peritoneum
- Peritonitisinflammation of the peritoneum
Greek περιτονίτιδα
- περιτονίτιδα (peritonítida)inflammation of the peritoneum
Hungarian hashártyagyulladás
- hashártyagyulladásinflammation of the peritoneum
Icelandic lífhimnubólga
- lífhimnubólgainflammation of the peritoneum
Irish peireatóiníteas
- peireatóiníteasinflammation of the peritoneum
Italian peritonite
- peritoniteinflammation of the peritoneum
Japanese 腹膜炎
- 腹膜炎 (fukumakuen)inflammation of the peritoneum
Korean 복막염
- 복막염 (bongmagyeom)inflammation of the peritoneum
Norwegian Bokmål bukhinnebetennelse
- bukhinnebetennelseinflammation of the peritoneum
Persian پریتونیت
- پریتونیت (peritonit)inflammation of the peritoneum
Polish zapalenie otrzewnej
- zapalenie otrzewnejinflammation of the peritoneum
Portuguese peritonite
- peritoniteinflammation of the peritoneum
Romanian peritonită
- peritonităinflammation of the peritoneum
Russian перитони́т
- перитони́т (peritonít)inflammation of the peritoneum
Spanish peritonitis
- peritonitisinflammation of the peritoneum
Swedish bukhinneinflammation, peritonit
- bukhinneinflammationinflammation of the peritoneum
- peritonitinflammation of the peritoneum
Tagalog magambabantiyan
- magambabantiyaninflammation of the peritoneum
Thai เยื่อบุช่องท้องอักเสบ
- เยื่อบุช่องท้องอักเสบ (yêua bù chông tóng àk-sàyp)inflammation of the peritoneum
Turkish peritonit
- peritonitinflammation of the peritoneum
Ukrainian перитоні́т
- перитоні́т (perytonít)inflammation of the peritoneum
Cite this entry
peritonitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peritonitis
“peritonitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peritonitis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peritonitis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peritonitis.
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