PERITONEUM


Meaning of PERITONEUM in English

— peritoneal , adj. — peritoneally , adv.

/per'i tn ee"euhm/ , n. , pl. peritoneums, peritonea /-tn ee"euh/ . Anat.

the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.

[ 1535-45; peritonaeum peritónaion, n. use of neut. of peritónaios, synonymous deriv. of perítonos stretched round. See PERI-, TONE, -EOUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .