English
hematoperitoneum
From hemato- + peritoneum.
Formed from hemato- + peritoneum
Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘stretch’
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Ancient Greek περίτονος ‘covered with something stretched over’
Ancient Greek περιτόναιος ‘stretched or strained over’
Ancient Greek περιτόναιον ‘membrane which contains the lower viscera’
Latin peritonaeum
English peritoneum
Today it means
noun hemoperitoneum
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hematoperitoneum