peritoneum
Meaning of peritoneum
noun
the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and covering the abdominal organs.
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek peritonaion, from peritonos ‘stretched round’, from peri- ‘around’ + -tonos ‘stretched’.
Information about peritoneum
- It is a name.
- The plural form of peritoneum is: peritoneums.
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Hyphenation of peritoneum
peri-toneum
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- peritoneum is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of peritoneum
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