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peritoneal

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌpɛrətəˈni.əl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɛrɪtəˈniːəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːəl
  • CMU ARPABET: P EH2 R IY0 T OW0 N IY1 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or affecting the peritoneum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • peritoneal cancer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From peritone(um) + -al. Compare New Latin peritonaeālis.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: peritoneal — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum
  • Finnish: vatsakalvon — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum
  • Finnish: vatsakalvo- — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum
  • French: péritonéal — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum
  • Italian: peritoneale — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum
  • Polish: otrzewnowy — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum
  • Portuguese: peritoneal — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum
  • Russian: перитонеа́льный (peritoneálʹnyj) — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum
  • Spanish: peritoneal — of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum