a thin translucent serous sac that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity and covers most of the viscera
Also called: peritonaeum
Derived forms
peritoneal (ˌperitoˈneal)
adjective
peritoneally (ˌperitoˈneally)
adverb
Word origin
C16: via Late Latin from Greek peritonaion, from peritonos stretched around, from peri- + tenein to stretch
Examples of 'peritonea' in a sentence
peritonea
On parasitological examination, one hundred eleven larvae were found in the peritonea.
Osman Selçuk Aldemir, Güneş Erdoğan 2014, 'A Rare Case of Peritoneal Larval Cestodiosis by Mesocestoides from Aydın Region inTurkey', Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/163. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, cysts were found in brain, muscle, kidney eye and peritonea in the remaining 18% of cases.
E Abdinia, K Cheraghipour, E Nazemalhosseini, N Hoseinkhan, M Rostami Nejad, MR Zali 2007, 'An Analysis of Hydatid Cyst Surgeries in Patients Referred To Hospitals in Khorram-Abad,Lorestan during 2002-06', Iranian Journal of Parasitologyhttp://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/4014.pdf&manuscript_id=4014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Although rare, parasitic infection can cause acute appendicitis and result in contamination of the peritonea during appendectomy.
Elbrus Zarbaliyev, Sebahattin Celik 2018, 'Parasitic Appendicitis: A Novel Laparoscopic Approach for the Prevention of PeritonealContamination', Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3238061. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)