† siphac Anat. Obs.
Also α. 5 syphac, 6 cyphac, sifac, 7 siphack. β. 6–7 siphach.
[a. med.L. siphac, syphac (whence also obs. F. siphach, Pg. sifac), a. Arab. {cced}afāq, from the root {cced}afaqa to cover.]
The peritoneum.
| α 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lv. (Bodl. MS.), Hernia is a skynne in þe wombe and hatte Siphac also and brekeþ somtyme. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 169 For to holde alle þese þingis, þe stomak & þe guttis is ordeyned a skyn, þat is clepid þe siphac. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. B j, The voyde places that are betwene the cyphac and the myrac. 1548 Vicary Anat. (1888) 64 That [part] which appeareth next vnder the Sifac is Omentum. |
| β 1552 Udall tr. Germinus' Anat. C vj, Nexte within thys Abdomen or Mirach is contayned Siphach. 1587 T. Thomas Lat.-Eng. Dict. (1615), Peritonæum,..the inner rim of the bellie..: the Anatomists call it Siphach. [Hence in later Eng. Dicts.] |