Middle English Dictionary Entry
peritonēum n.
Entry Info
| Forms | peritonēum n. Also peritonium, -ius, -eon, (error) perychoneum & (Latinate) peritone(i. |
| Etymology | L peritonaeum, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Anat. (a) The region of the body between the anus and the scrotum or the vulva, perineum; (b) peritoneum.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)69b/a : Pyneum [L Perineum] is þat place þat þe translacioun arabike clepeþ peritoneum, and it is cleped þat place þat is atwixe þe ers and þe ȝerde, vppon þe whiche perytoneum is a maner seme, þe whiche foloweþ þe line off þe codde and of þe ȝerde.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)65/18 : Þe parties comynge outward ben dyndymy, þe priue stones and þe ȝerde, þe schare, perytoneum [*Ch.(1): peritoneon], i. þe space bytwene þe fundament and þe ȝerde, þe lendes and brawnes descendinge to þe þighes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)42b/b : Þe bladdre is an official membre..In men sche is long & conteyned wiþ þe ȝerde passinge þoruȝ þe peritonium.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)44a/b : Vndir þe regioun of þe schar wiþouten mene is þe regioun of þe generatiues of men, þe whiche duriþ vn to þat part þat is callid peritonius, & peritonius is þat place þat is wiþinneforþ conteyned wiþ þe cod riȝt vn to þe hole of þe ars.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)45b/b : Þe regioun of þe ars..is compouned of the ars & of peritonium; Peritonius is þat place þat is conteyned wiþinneforþ fro þe cod vn to þe ars hole.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)16a/a : Zirbus..is a pannicle inuoluyng & coueryng þe stomac & þe entrelez, of 2 dense tuniclez & subtile..Of whic þe springyng is at þe partiez which bene after þe backe of þe selfe peritonei, i. ciphac [Ch.(2): peritone; L peritonei].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)58/1 : Thise muscles ikuytte and lefte vp, syphac appereth, þe whiche is cleped perytoneum [*Ch.(3): perychoneum; L peritoneum]; And it is saide of pary, þat is aboute, and of tendo, þat is goyng, as it were goynge aboute; Þe whiche is a ful neruouse pannycle, sutil and harde, and þat for þey schulde lette þat þe muscles schulde not þriste the natural membres.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. peritone.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. peritoneon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. peritoneum.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. peritonius.