Definition of Peritonea

1. Noun. (plural of peritoneum) ¹

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Definition of Peritonea

1. peritoneum [n] - See also: peritoneum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peritonea

peritenontitis
perithecia
perithecial
perithecium
perithelial
perithelial cell
perithelioma
perithelium
perithoracic
perithyroiditis
periti
peritomist
peritomous
peritomy
peritonaeum
peritonea (current term)
peritoneal
peritoneal cavity
peritoneal dialysis
peritoneal diseases
peritoneal exudate
peritoneal fossae
peritoneal inflammation
peritoneal lavage
peritoneal transfusion
peritoneal villi
peritonealgia
peritoneally
peritoneo-

Literary usage of Peritonea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Medical Recorder (1850)
"No marks о inflammation were found in the peritonea cavity. An ounce only of turbid fluid wa discovered in the cul-df-snc, between th bladder and rectum. ..."

2. The Lancet (1898)
"... is directed toward» the removal of all secretion from the abscess as soon as it is formed, the prevention of contamination of the peritonea; cavity, ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The fold of peritonea processus vaginalis, projects itself downward into the inguinal at the external abdominal ring, pushing before it a part of tl muscle ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1899)
"A considerable quantity of clear light yellow fluid was present in the peritonea] cavity The surface of the liver was smooth, and its edges were well marked ..."

5. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1915)
"in the peritonea! coat in Case 203, showed no special affinity for the appendix. Three rabbits were injected directly into the appendix with strains shown ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Cultures from the local peritonitis showed bacillus coli communis ; cover-slips and cultures from general peritonea] cavity were negative. ..."

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