peritoneum
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Dr Tom Bainton, a consultant gynaecologist specialising in endometriosis at the hospital, said the condition most commonly appears in the pelvis, affecting the ovaries or the peritoneum .
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
Furthermore, it’s possible that the constant recirculation of dialysis solution could strain delicate membranes and “burn out the peritoneum faster”, he says.
From Nature ● Mar. 10, 2020
Low-grade serous carcinoma of the peritoneum, if we’re being exact.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2017
Indira died on Monday due to an "acute inflammation of the peritoneum" and was buried after a post-mortem.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2017
Told them of the growing embryo on its bed of peritoneum.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
