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‖ peritoneum, -æum Anat.|ˌpɛrɪtəʊˈniːəm|
[L. peritonæum, -ēum (in Cæl. Aurel., c 420), a. Gr. περιτόναιον (-ειον), n. from neuter of περιτόναιος adj., f. περίτονος stretched around or over, f. περί around + -τονος, from ablaut stem of τείνειν to stretch: cf. tone. Formerly also perytoˈneon from Gr., and ˈperitone = F. peritoine (1541 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The double serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, of large extent and complex form, having numerous folds (as the omenta, mesenteries, etc.) which invest and support the various abdominal viscera.
In vertebrates below mammals, which have no diaphragm, The membrane lining the whole body-cavity, corresponding to the mammalian peritoneum and pleura combined (hence sometimes called pleuroperitoneum). Also applied to similar membranes lining the body-cavity and investing the alimentary canal in some invertebrates, as insects.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. H ij b, What is the perytoneon, and wher of is it dyryuate? 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde i. xv. (1552) 46 The kell called Peritoneum. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 348 There is an other coate or skinne called Peritone, because it is spread round about the lower belly. 1615Crooke Body of Man 344 The wounds of the muscles of the lower belly and of the Peritonæum or rim are not mortall. 1671Ray in Phil. Trans. VI. 2275 The Abdomen was compassed about with a strong Peritonæum. 1753Chambers Cycl. Suppl. s.v., In the fish kind, the peritoneum..is very variously coloured. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 8 The peritoneum. 1872Peaslee Ovar. Tumors 3 A peculiar epithelium, not a continuation of that of the peritonæum. 1893Syd. Soc. Lex., Peritoneum... The structure in the Brachiopoda that holds the alimentary canal suspended in the perivisceral cavity... The outer layer of the digestive canal in the Insecta.
Hence peritoˈneo- in Comb., as peritoneo-vaˈginal a., having relation to the peritoneum and vagina.
1898G. E. Herman Dis. Women 843 The peritoneo-vaginal method. |