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Peritoneal

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum.



Related searches:
peritoneal cavity
peritoneal inflammation
greater peritoneal sac
lesser peritoneal cavity


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"Peritoneal" Quotes from Famous Books



... not care for any personal record of convalescence; though, among the general military laudations of whiskey, it is worth while to say that one life was saved, in the opinion of my surgeons, by an habitual abstinence from it, leaving no food for peritoneal inflammation to feed upon. The able-bodied men who had joined us were sent to aid General Gillmore in the trenches, while their families were established in huts and tents on St. Helena Island. A year after, greatly to the delight of the regiment, in taking possession of a battery which ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 • Various
... healthy tubes, I have found that simple ligature with even a moderate amount of force in tying will cut the tube through in almost any part of its length. The mucous lining is so thrown into folds that its thickness in relation to the peritoneal layer is considerable. Because of this, the tube when tied alone is brittle, and a ligature applied to it will very easily cut through, and either allow of reunion of the severed ends or leave a patent stump. In a recorded case in which pregnancy ...
— The Fertility of the Unfit • William Allan Chapple


Words linked to "Peritoneal" :   greater peritoneal sac, peritoneum, peritoneal cavity


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