different between peritoneal vs peroneal

English

Alternative forms

• peritonæal

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i??l

Adjective

peritoneal (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or affecting the peritoneum.
   • 1914, Transactions of the Section on Genito-Urinary Diseases of the American Medical Association, page 80:

     After opening the bladder (incision extending 1 inch pubically from peritoneal fold) the prostate was was injected deeply with 1 per cent. cocain while the pericapsular region was injected with the 1 : 400 novocain solution.

Usage notes

Do not confuse peritoneal (which concerns certain things inside the abdomen) with peroneal (which concerns the lower leg) nor with perineal (which concerns the skin between the genitals and anus); the words can sound somewhat similar, especially in rapid speech such as a doctor's dictation.

Derived terms

• retroperitoneal

Translations

Portuguese

Adjective

peritoneal m or f (plural peritoneais, comparable)

1. peritoneal (relating to or affecting the peritoneum)

Romanian

Etymology

From French péritonéal

Adjective

peritoneal m or n (feminine singular peritoneal?, masculine plural peritoneali, feminine and neuter plural peritoneale)

1. peritoneal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

peritoneo +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?itone?al/, [pe.?i.t?o.ne?al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: pe?ri?to?ne?al

Adjective

peritoneal (plural peritoneales)

1. (anatomy) peritoneal

Derived terms

• intraperitoneal
• retroperitoneal
• transperitoneal

Further reading

• “peritoneal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From perona or peroneus +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??.???ni?.?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??.o??ni?.?l/, /p???o?.ni.?l/ (to differentiate from perineal, see below)
• Rhymes: -i??l

Adjective

peroneal (comparative more peroneal, superlative most peroneal)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the fibula or to the part of the leg containing it, the outside (lateral aspect) of the lower leg (that is, what anatomical terminology calls the leg, from knee to foot). [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 526:

     Charcot praised Duchenne's work on tabes, and gave the first description of sclerosis and the peroneal type of muscular atrophy.

Usage notes

Do not confuse peroneal ("of the outside of the lower leg") with perineal ("of the skin between the genitals and anus"); the words sound almost alike or even entirely alike, depending on the variable quality of a single reduced vowel.

Derived terms

• peroneal artery
• peroneal nerve
• peroneal vein

Synonyms

• fibular

Anagrams

• Loperena