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peritonism

peritonism noun: any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum.

Noun

peritonism (uncountable)

  1. Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum.
    • On arrival she was afebrile but tachycardic, with local peritonism in the left renal angle and left iliac fossa despite large amounts of opioid analgesia.2015 May 7, E. Maughan et al., “Endovascular management of renal artery aneurysm rupture in pregnancy – A case report”, in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, volume 12, →DOI

Questions about peritonism

What does peritonism mean?
Peritonism means any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum.
What part of speech is peritonism?
Peritonism is a noun.

Words near peritonism in the dictionary

  1. peritoneoscopy
  2. peritoneovenous
  3. peritoneum
  4. peritoneums
  5. peritonic
  6. peritonism
  7. peritonites
  8. peritonitic
  9. peritonitides
  10. peritonitis
  11. peritonization

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