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Peritonitis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity. countable, uncountable

    "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 proliferation, and a striking eosinophilia."

  2. 2
    inflammation of the peritoneum wordnet

Etymology

From peritoneum + -itis.

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