Associations to the word «Peritoneum»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PERITONEUM, noun. A transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King