hydroperitoneum

Noun

hydroperitoneum (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The accumulation of fluid in the peritoneum
   • If uniformity could be preserved throughout, we ought, however, to say hydroperitoneum, in place of ascites, hydropneumonia, for edema of the lungs, hydroarachnoid, for hydrocephalus, hydropleura, for hydrothorax, and hydrovarium, for dropsy of the ovaries.1848, John Bell, Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Physic, volume 2, page 425
   • In the greater proportion of cases hydroperitoneum causes no difficulty.1906, Sir John Bland-Sutton, The Diseases of women, page 380

   Synonyms:

   ascites, seroperitoneum