PERITONITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peritonitis mean? 

• PERITONITIS (noun)
  The noun PERITONITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the peritoneum

  Familiarity information: PERITONITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERITONITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the peritoneum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

peritoneal inflammation; peritonitis

Hypernyms ("peritonitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

 Context examples 

Representative examples of non-neoplastic disorders include peritonitis and panniculitis.

(Peritoneal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Peritonitis can result from infection, injury, or certain diseases.

(Peritonitis, NCI Dictionary)

This causes a condition called peritonitis.

(Appendicitis, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Representative examples include peritonitis and panniculitis.

(Non-Neoplastic Peritoneal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It may also be associated with sclerosing peritonitis which presents with ascites and symptoms of bowel obstruction.

(Ovarian Luteinized Thecoma, NCI Thesaurus)

B. casei has a distinctive cheese smell, is commonly found in milk products and on human skin, but is pathogenic and known to be associated with sepsis, meningitis, and peritonitis.

(Brevibacterium casei, NCI Thesaurus)

Bowel perforation in utero that may result in meconium peritonitis.

(In Utero Bowel Perforation, NCI Thesaurus)