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peritonitis

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the peritoneum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peritoneal inflammation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English peritoneum Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English peritonitis From peritoneum + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պերիտոնիտ (peritonit) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Azerbaijani: peritonit — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Belarusian: перытаніт (pjerytanit) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Bulgarian: перитонит (peritonit) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Catalan: peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Chinese Cantonese: 腹膜炎 — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Chinese: 腹膜炎 (pak-mo̍͘h-iām) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腹膜炎 (fùmóyán) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Czech: peritonitida — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Danish: bughindebetændelse — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Dutch: peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Dutch: buikvliesontsteking — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Esperanto: peritoneito — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Estonian: peritoniit — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Faroese: búkhinnubruni — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Finnish: vatsakalvontulehdus — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Finnish: peritoniitti — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • French: péritonite — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Galician: peritonite — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • German: Bauchfellentzündung — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • German: Peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Greek: περιτονίτιδα (peritonítida) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Hungarian: hashártyagyulladás — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Icelandic: lífhimnubólga — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Ido: peritonito — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Irish: peireatóiníteas — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Italian: peritonite — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Japanese: 腹膜炎 (fukumakuen) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Korean: 복막염 (bongmagyeom) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Northern Kurdish: perîtonît — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Kyrgyz: перитонит (peritonit) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bukhinnebetennelse — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bukhinnebetennelse — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Odia: ପେରିଟୋନାଇଟିସ (periṭonāiṭisa) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Persian: پریتونیت (peritonit) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Polish: zapalenie otrzewnej — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Portuguese: peritonite — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Romanian: peritonită — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Russian: перитони́т (peritonít) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Serbo-Croatian: перитонѝтис — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Serbo-Croatian: peritonìtis — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Spanish: peritonitis — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Swedish: bukhinneinflammation — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Swedish: peritonit — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Tagalog: magambabantiyan — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Thai: เยื่อบุช่องท้องอักเสบ (yêua bù chông tóng àk-sàyp) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Turkish: peritonit — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Ukrainian: перитоні́т (perytonít) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Uzbek: перитонит (peritonit) — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Uzbek: peritonit — inflammation of the peritoneum
  • Yakut: перитонит (peritonit) — inflammation of the peritoneum