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reticuloperitonitis

reticuloperitonitis noun: inflammation of the reticulum and the peritoneum in ruminants, which is usually caused by, part of, and metonymically synonymous with hardware disease.

Noun

reticuloperitonitis (uncountable)

  1. Inflammation of the reticulum and the peritoneum in ruminants, which is usually caused by, part of, and metonymically synonymous with hardware disease.

Origin of reticuloperitonitis

From reticulo- + periton(eum) + -itis.

Questions about reticuloperitonitis

What does reticuloperitonitis mean?
Reticuloperitonitis means inflammation of the reticulum and the peritoneum in ruminants, which is usually caused by, part of, and metonymically synonymous with hardware disease.
What part of speech is reticuloperitonitis?
Reticuloperitonitis is a noun.

Words near reticuloperitonitis in the dictionary

  1. reticulolysate
  2. reticulolysates
  3. reticulon
  4. reticulonodular
  5. reticulons
  6. reticuloperitonitis
  7. reticulophagy
  8. reticulopodia
  9. reticulopodial
  10. reticulopodium
  11. reticulorumen

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