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Peritonitis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -itis

Peritonitis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

inflammation of the peritoneum

2

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

See Also
peritoneum organism abdominal cavity peritonism infectious blumberg sign peritonitic epiploitis
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inflammation
Rhyming Words
tis utis itis otis batis bitis artis métis yetis metis cutis fetis ottis vitis satis mitis pitis mentis cystis iritis
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