(pathology) Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity

Of, relating to, or affecting the peritoneum.

(chemistry) Describes the isothermal, isobaric reversible reaction of a saturated liquid phase and a solid phase to form a new solid phase and removal of the solvent

By way of the peritoneum

(pathology) Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum

(medicine) The process by which a surgical surface is covered with peritoneum, via surgical means or natural regeneration.

A suburb of Minehead, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref SS9545). / A habitational surname.

plural of Periton

(medicine) peritonitis which results from the escape of the contents of the digestive tract into the peritoneum

(medicine) A treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease in which fluids are exchanged from the blood in the patient's peritoneum in the abdomen.