Definition of Peritoneal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum. "Peritoneal cancer"

Partainyms: Peritoneum
Derivative terms: Peritoneum

Definition of Peritoneal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.

Definition of Peritoneal

1. Adjective. Of, relating, or affecting to the peritoneum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peritoneal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Peritoneal

1. Of or pertaining to the peritoneum. Origin: Cf. F. Peritoneal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peritoneal

perithecia
perithecial
perithecium
perithelial
perithelial cell
perithelioma
perithelium
perithoracic
perithyroiditis
periti
peritomist
peritomous
peritomy
peritonaeum
peritonea
peritoneal (current term)
peritoneal cavity
peritoneal dialysis
peritoneal diseases
peritoneal exudate
peritoneal fossae
peritoneal inflammation
peritoneal lavage
peritoneal transfusion
peritoneal villi
peritonealgia
peritoneally
peritoneo-
peritoneocentesis

Literary usage of Peritoneal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"peritoneal exudate following injection of the diplococcus has in vitro a more ... 5, when the absorption from the peritoneal cavity and fate of inert ..."

2. The Lancet (1898)
"There were no adhesions around the appendix which lay quite free in the general peritoneal cavity. Two tubes were placed in the wound—one in the peritoneum ..."

3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1907)
"WITH peritoneal adhesions we blow hot and we blow cold today. We make peritoneal adhesions to prevent the occurrence of volvulus, to hold the abdominal and ..."

4. A Laboratory Manual and Text-book of Embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1915)
"According to Broman, the lesser peritoneal sac is represented in 3 mm. ... Lateral to the opening of the primitive peritoneal sac, a lip-like fold of the ..."

5. Diseases of Women by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1922)
"CHAPTER XVII INVASION OF THE peritoneal CAVITY For the Treatment of Gynecologic ... This invasion of the great peritoneal sac in the center of the body ..."

6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Our investigation of the various substances recommended for the prevention of peritoneal adhesions convinces us that surgeons are not justified in using ..."

7. Diseases of the ovaries: Their Diagnosis and Treatment by Spencer Wells (1873)
"The intra-peritoneal method was originated, in 1821, by Dr. Nathan Smith, of Baltimore, who secured the pedicle by leather ligatures, and, after removal of ..."

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