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Meaning of peritoneum in English
Pronunciation
/ˌpɛrɪtnˈiəm/
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Noun
peritoneum
Etymology
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek peritonaion, from peritonos‘stretched round’, from peri-‘around’ + -tonos‘stretched’
Definitions
1.
a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera