different between uterus vs peritoneum

English

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ju?.t??.?s/
• Hyphenation: u?ter?us

Noun

uterus (plural uteri or uteruses)

1. (anatomy) The womb, an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth.

Synonyms

• matrix (now archaic)
• metra
• womb

Derived terms

• uterine
• corpus uteri

Related terms

• hystera
• hysteria
• hysterectomy
• in utero

Translations

Further reading

• uterus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• uterus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• uterus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• suture

Czech

Alternative forms

• uter

Etymology

From English uterus, from Latin uterus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ut?rus]
• Hyphenation: ute?rus

Noun

uterus m inan

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus

   Synonym: d?loha

Declension

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From English uterus, from Latin uterus, from Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +? *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??t?r?s]
• Hyphenation: utè?rus

Noun

uterus (first-person possessive uterusku, second-person possessive uterusmu, third-person possessive uterusnya)

1. (anatomy, medicine, zoology) womb, uterus.

   Synonyms: kandungan, peranakan, rahim

Related terms

Further reading

• “uterus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

• uterum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *úderos (“abdomen, stomach”), from *úd (“out, outward”) +? *-eros (contrastive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u.te.rus/, [??t????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?u.te.rus/, [?u?t???us]

Noun

uterus m (genitive uter?); second declension

1. (anatomy) womb, uterus
2. fetus, newborn
3. belly, paunch

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

• uterculus
• uter?nus

Descendants

References

Further reading

• uterus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• uterus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• uterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Malay

Etymology

From Latin uterus (“womb, belly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ut?rus/

Noun

uterus (Jawi spelling ???????, plural uterus-uterus, informal 1st possessive uterusku, impolite 2nd possessive uterusmu, 3rd possessive uterusnya)

1. (anatomy) Womb, uterus

Synonyms

• peranakan
• kandung
• kandungan
• rahim

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