peritoneum
noun
the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
peritoneums
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pluralof peritoneum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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For some months past, several U. S. hospitals have been dousing inflamed peritoneums with sulfanilamide, watched the death rate from appendix ruptures drop from 20% to nearly zero.
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