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Definition of Peritonitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the peritoneum.

Definition of Peritonitis

1. n. Inflammation of the peritoneum.

Definition of Peritonitis

1. Noun. (pathology) Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity ¹

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Definition of Peritonitis

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Medical Definition of Peritonitis

1. Inflammation of the peritoneum, a condition marked by exudations in the peritoneum of serum, fibrin, cells and pus. It is attended by abdominal pain and tenderness, constipation, vomiting and moderate fever. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Peritonitis

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

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"This has deceived the very elect, as almost every feature of genuine peritonitis, even the collapse, may be simulated. The onset may be sudden, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"AFTEK the full development of the surgery of the appendix, it was the opinion generally felt and often expressed that acute peritonitis was always due to an ..."

3. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"Chronic peritonitis, not tubercular, is a rather rare disease. ... The chronic peritonitis, however, is not, as a rule, the direct result of the passive ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"peritonitis arises, as you are well aware, from a vast variety of pathological conditions, and in dealing with it, the origin of the inflammation must ..."

5. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1897)
"An analysis of 187 collected cases of peritonitis—not including those ... ACUTE peritonitis. Acute peritonitis may occur at any period of infancy or ..."

6. Repressive Legislation of the Republic of South Africa by Elizabeth S. Landis, United Nations Unit on Apartheid (1903)
"mesenteric artery may cause symptoms which simulate peritonitis. In the latter, sudden onset with severe pain, the collapse symptoms, frequent vomiting, ..."

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