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.
   • 1901 December, E. Q. THORNTON M.D., “PRACTICAL THERAPEUTIC REFERENDUM”, in PROGRESSIVE MEDICINE. A QUARTERLY DIGEST OF ADVANCES DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SCIENCES., volume IV, page 363:

     Intraperitoneal injections of a strong solution produce fibrohemorrhagic peritonitis of varying intensity, according to the strength of the solution; while intraperitoneal injections of small quantities of a diluted solution of formalin induce a chronic peritonitis with great connective tissue proliferation, and a striking eosinophilia.

From peritoneu +‎ -itis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾi.tuˈni.tis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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, no diminutive)

1. peritonitis

   Synonym: buikvliesontsteking

• peritoneum

• → Indonesian: peritonitis

Borrowed from Dutch peritonitis, from Latin peritonitis.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /peritoˈnitis/ [pe.ri.t̪oˈni.t̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: pe‧ri‧to‧ni‧tis

peritonitis (plural peritonitis-peritonitis)

1. (pathology) peritonitis

• “peritonitis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025