Hydroperitoneum
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum obsolete, uncountable
"If uniformity could be preserved throughout, we ought, however, to say hydroperitoneum, in place of ascites, hydropneumonia, for edema of the lungs, hydroarachnoid, for hydrocephalus, hydropleura, for hydrothorax, and hydrovarium, for dropsy of the ovaries."
Example
More examples"If uniformity could be preserved throughout, we ought, however, to say hydroperitoneum, in place of ascites, hydropneumonia, for edema of the lungs, hydroarachnoid, for hydrocephalus, hydropleura, for hydrothorax, and hydrovarium, for dropsy of the ovaries."
Etymology
From hydro- + peritoneum.
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