peritoneum

1. 1.

   a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera

   Broaderserous membrane

   Narrowermesenteryomentum

Other forms of peritoneum

plural

peritonea

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peritoneum

What does peritoneum mean?

peritoneum means "a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera".

How many syllables are in peritoneum?

peritoneum has 5 syllables: pe-ri-to-ne-um. The stress falls on "to".

Is peritoneum a common word?

peritoneum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.