peritonitis

From peritoneum +‎ -itis.

peritonitis (countable and uncountable, plural peritonitides or peritonites)

1. (pathology) Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity.

• chemical peritonitis
• feline infectious peritonitis
• metroperitonitis

From peritoneu +‎ -itis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾi.tuˈni.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pe.ɾi.toˈni.tis]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧to‧ni‧tis

peritonitis f (invariable)

1. (pathology) peritonitis

• “peritonitis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Borrowed from Latin peritonitis.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpeː.ri.toːˈni.tɪs/, /ˌpeː.ri.toːˈni.təs/, (Southern Dutch) [ˌpɪː.ri.toːˈni.tɪs], (Northern Dutch) [ˌpɪː.ri.to(ʊ̯)ˈni.tɪs]

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• Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧to‧ni‧tis
• Rhymes: -itɪs

peritonitis f (uncountable)

1. peritonitis

   Synonym: buikvliesontsteking

• peritoneum

From peritoneo +‎ -itis.

• IPA^(key): /peɾitoˈnitis/ [pe.ɾi.t̪oˈni.t̪is]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧to‧ni‧tis

peritonitis f (plural peritonitis)

1. (pathology) peritonitis

• “peritonitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014