Hydroperitoneum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hydroperitoneum is a noun meaning (medicine, obsolete) The accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum.
Meaning
(medicine, obsolete) The accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum.
Example Sentences
In the greater proportion of cases hydroperitoneum causes no difficulty.
There were fourteen cases of primary ovarian cancer, most of them associated with hydroperitoneum.
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.
Synonyms for hydroperitoneum
Depending on context, synonyms include ascites, seroperitoneum.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include haematoperitoneum, hydrium, hydrohaemia, hydatoid, hydatism, hydrocoel.
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