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preperitoneally

preperitoneally adverb: anterior to the peritoneum.

Adverb

preperitoneally (not comparable)

  1. anterior to the peritoneum
    • This technique has been used to cover large aponeurotic gaps, and it carries extremely high recurrence rates. 21, 22 In the extraperitoneal underlay technique, the mesh is placed retromuscularly and preperitoneally, as described by Stoppa in 1989. 8 This technique requires limited soft tissue...2015, Evangelos P. Misiakos et al., “Current Trends in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, in JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, volume 19, →DOI

Origin of preperitoneally

From preperitoneal + -ly.

Questions about preperitoneally

What does preperitoneally mean?
Preperitoneally means anterior to the peritoneum.
What part of speech is preperitoneally?
Preperitoneally is an adverb.

Words near preperitoneally in the dictionary

  1. prepericardial
  2. preperifusion
  3. preperimetric
  4. preperiodic
  5. preperitoneal
  6. preperitoneally
  7. prepermeabilization
  8. prepermeabilized
  9. preperoxisomal
  10. prepersonal
  11. prepersuasion

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