different between peritoneum vs perineum

English

Alternative forms

• peritonaeum

Etymology

From Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (peritónaion), from ??????????? (peritónaios, “stretched or strained over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??.?t.??ni?.?m/

Noun

peritoneum (plural peritoneums or peritonea)

1. (anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
2. (zoology) In animals, the membrane lining the coelom cavity.

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (peritónaion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?.ri.to??ne?.?m/, (Southern Dutch) [?p??.ri.to??ne?.?m], (Northern Dutch) [?p??.ri.to(??)?ne.j?m]
• Hyphenation: pe?ri?to?ne?um
• Rhymes: -e??m

Noun

peritoneum n (plural peritonea)

1. peritoneum

   Synonym: buikvlies

Related terms

• peritonitis

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

peritoneum m (definite singular peritoneumen, indefinite plural peritoneumer, definite plural peritoneumene)

1. (anatomy) peritoneum

Synonyms

• bukhinne

Derived terms

• peritoneal
• peritonitt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

peritoneum m (definite singular peritoneumen, indefinite plural peritoneumar, definite plural peritoneumane)

1. (anatomy) peritoneum

Synonyms

• bukhinne

Derived terms

• peritoneal
• peritonitt

English

Alternative forms

• perinaeum, perinæum

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin perinaeum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (perínaion, “space between the anus and scrotum”), from Ancient Greek ????????, ???????? (períneos, períneoi, “male genitals”), itself from earlier Ancient Greek ????? (perís, “penis”) through influence from Ancient Greek ????? (p?rís, “scrotum”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?.???ni?.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??.??ni.?m/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?p??.??ni?.?m/

Noun

perineum (plural perinea)

1. (anatomy) The region between the human genitalia, especially the scrotum, and anus.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:perineum

   • 1827, Guy's Hospital: Case of Fistula in Perineo, Successfully Treated, The Lancet, Volume 12, page 61,

     He was attacked with complete retention of urine, after a debauch, and six weeks afterwards an abscess formed in the perineum, which eventually burst, leaving a fistulous opening, through which the urine continued to be discharged to the period of his admission into the Hospital.

   • 2005, Brian J. Moran, 27: Using the perineal pressure applicator device, Adam P. Dicker, Gregory S. Merrick, Frank M. Waterman, Richard K. Valicenti, Leonar G. Gomella (editors), Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy, page 251,

     The prostate is surrounded by venous plexi and the perineum has a rich blood supply.

   • 2011, Ian Lyons, Biomedical Science: Lecture Notes, page 371,

     The perineum is diamond shaped and stretches from the pubic symphysis to the coccyx.

Derived terms

• perineal

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “perineum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Simkin, Oliver. 2016. "?????, ????? y ?????????." Emerita: Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica, 84.2: 353-362.

Albanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perineum.

Noun

perineum m (definite singular perineumi)

1. (anatomy) perineum

Declension

Czech

Noun

perineum n

1. perineum

Related terms

• perineální

Further reading

• perineum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• perineum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989