peritonitis Definition
peri·to·ni·tis (per′ə tə nīt′is)
peritonitis Usage Examples
Converse of object
- generalize: Later that day Mrs A was admitted to hospital, where she was found to have generalized peritonitis.
- cause: X-rays revealed that the bone had ruptured his bowel causing peritonitis.
- have: I had peritonitis over xmas and I did my morning bag, totally clear.
- develop: There is an increased chance that your child could develop peritonitis or inflammation of the lining of the abdomen.
- sclerosing: Did anyone tell you about sclerosing peritonitis or calcification?
- result: Symptoms of advanced disease include intestinal obstruction, perforation and resulting peritonitis.
Adjective modifier
- bacterial: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is common in end-stage liver disease.
- spontaneous: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is common in end-stage liver disease.
- infectious: Feline leucocyte antigen class II polymorphism and susceptibility to feline infectious peritonitis.
- feline: Feline leucocyte antigen class II polymorphism and susceptibility to feline infectious peritonitis.
- secondary: Failure to improve suggests fungal and secondary peritonitis ( see below ), or just a bad infection.
- fungal: Fungal peritonitis Has a high mortality rate and almost always leads to catheter loss.
Noun used with modifier
egg: This unnaturally high output of eggs causes a disease -- egg peritonitis -- that is the main cause of death in laying ducks.
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