subperitonealadj.
/ˌsʌbpɛrᵻtəˈniːəl/, U.S. /ˌsəbˌpɛrətnˈiəl/ Anatomy and Medicine.
Located or occurring beneath the peritoneum.
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1823 London Med. Repository 19 249 The injection, when seen externally, is sometimes seated in the sub-peritoneal tissue only.
1872 R. Ludlam Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 2) 540 The disorders of menstruation which are almost invariably present in the case of sub-mucous fibroids, are lacking in the sub-peritoneal variety.
1903 Encycl. Medica XIII. 209 This is the operation of election..where the growth is intra-ligamentous, and where it is subperitoneal.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) vii. 149 One form of tuberculous peritonitis consists in the formation of a number of miliary tubercles in the subperitoneal tissue through the whole of the peritoneum.
1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xiv. 288/1 Necrosis..is also encountered in the subpleural, subperitoneal and subcutaneous fat and is attributed to the pancreatic enzymes trypsin and steapsin entering the lymph stream.
2010 Fertility & Sterility 94 437/1 Patients in the placebo group received..up to 22 mL of 0.9% normal saline for subperitoneal infiltration under the endometriosis excision sites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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