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i.p.

i.p. is the abbreviation of intraperitoneal.

Meaning of intraperitoneal

Adjective

intraperitoneal (not comparable)

  1. Within the cavity of the peritoneum.
    • 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...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....

Noun capitalized: I.P.

I.P.

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of IP (“intellectual property”).
    • Although he made some of the outlet’s most popular videos, he didn’t own the I.P. (Even when the boss is your uncle, you can still be alienated from the means of production.)2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2025

Questions about i.p.

What is i.p. the abbreviation of?
I.p. is the abbreviation of intraperitoneal.
What part of speech is i.p.?
I.p. is a noun.

Words near i.p. in the dictionary

  1. i.e.
  2. i.i.d.
  3. i.m.
  4. I.O.U.
  5. I.O.U.s
  6. i.p.
  7. i.p.i.
  8. i.q.
  9. i.v.
  10. I.W.
  11. I/DD

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Adapted from Wiktionary: i.p. (page history and authors); I.P. (page history and authors); intraperitoneal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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