different between peritoneum vs pleural

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.

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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

Etymology

From pleura +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pl??.??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pl??.?l/
• Rhymes: -????l
• Homophone: plural

Adjective

pleural (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or affecting the pleura, or the sides of the thorax.
2. Thin and transparent.

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References

• “pleural”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “pleural”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Romanian

Etymology

From French pleural.

Adjective

pleural m or n (feminine singular pleural?, masculine plural pleurali, feminine and neuter plural pleurale)

1. pleural

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From pleura +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pleu??al/, [pleu???al]

Adjective

pleural (plural pleurales)

1. pleural

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