peritonaeum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pĕrĭtŏnaeum and pĕrĭtŏnēum, i, n., = περιτόναιον and περιτόνειον,

the membrane enclosing the intestines contained in the abdomen , the peritoneum , Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 17 (in Cels. 4, 1, and 7, 4, written as Greek).

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