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retroperitoneal

retroperitoneal adjective: located behind the peritoneum.

Adjective

retroperitoneal (comparative more retroperitoneal, superlative most retroperitoneal)

  1. Located behind the peritoneum.

retroperitoneal meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

retroperitoneal in Tamil

வயிற்றறையுறைக்குப் பின்புறமமைந்த

retroperitoneal in Indonesian

located behind the peritoneum
retroperitoneal

Forms of retroperitoneal

comparativemore retroperitoneal
superlativemost retroperitoneal

Origin of retroperitoneal

From retro- + peritoneal.

Words formed from retroperitoneal

Questions about retroperitoneal

What does retroperitoneal mean?
Retroperitoneal means located behind the peritoneum.
What is retroperitoneal in Tamil?
Retroperitoneal in Tamil is வயிற்றறையுறைக்குப் பின்புறமமைந்த. See Retroperitoneal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is retroperitoneal?
Retroperitoneal is an adjective.

Words near retroperitoneal in the dictionary

  1. retropepsins
  2. retroperfusion
  3. retroperirenal
  4. retroperistalsis
  5. retroperistaltic
  6. retroperitoneal
  7. retroperitoneally
  8. retroperitoneoscopic
  9. retroperitoneoscopy
  10. retroperitoneum
  11. retroperitonium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retroperitoneal (page history and authors); retroperitoneal (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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