peritonæa

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See also: peritonaea

English

Noun

peritonæa

  1. plural of peritonæum
    • 1907, Parker Syms, Annals of Surgery, volume XLVI, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 96:
      2. That sepsis is not so likely to occur in these peritonæa as in laparotomy in healthy ones, on account of the pathological changes which have taken place in the membranes.