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peritoneum


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Peritoneum  \Per`i*to*ne"um\,  n.  [L.  peritoneum,  peritonaeum,  Gr 
  ?,  ?,  fr  ?  to  stretch  all  around  or  over  ?  around  +  ?  to 
  stretch.]  (Anat.) 
  The  smooth  serous  membrane  which  lines  the  cavity  of  the 
  abdomen,  or  the  whole  body  cavity  when  there  is  no  diaphragm, 
  and  turning  back  surrounds  the  viscera,  forming  a  closed, 
  or  nearly  closed,  sac.  [Written  also  {periton[ae]um}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  peritoneum 
  n  :  a  transparent  membrane  that  lines  the  abdominal  cavity  in 
  mammals  and  covers  most  of  the  viscera 




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