PERITONEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peritoneal mean? 

• PERITONEAL (adjective)
  The adjective PERITONEAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum

  Familiarity information: PERITONEAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERITONEAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

peritoneal cancer

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

A condition in which a carcinoma has spread extensively throughout the peritoneal cavity.

(Peritoneal Carcinomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Within the peritoneal cavity (the area that contains the abdominal organs).

(Intraperitoneal, NCI Dictionary)

A peritoneal fold attached to the testis during embryonic development.

(Gubernaculum Testis, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the peritoneal cavity.

(Peritoneal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the peritoneal cavity.

(Non-Neoplastic Peritoneal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The administration of pharmaceutical agents directly into the abdominal or peritoneal cavity.

(Intraperitoneal chemotherapy, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of ovarian cancer or primary peritoneal carcinoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Ovarian Cancer and Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma Pathologic TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of ovarian cancer or primary peritoneal carcinoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Ovarian Cancer and Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

In an animal model, inhibition of ACAT by octimibate increased HDL receptor activity and stimulated HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux from peritoneal macrophages.

(Octimibate, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of ovarian cancer or primary peritoneal carcinoma, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Ovarian Cancer and Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)