Peritonitis meaning

On the 19th of March he was seized with what proved to be peritonitis, and he died on the 24th.

Thus, by the avoidance both of toxaemia and of shock, peritonitis and other dangers of the abdomen, such as strangulations or intussusceptions of the bowels, formerly desperate, can in many cases be dealt with safely and effectively.

The Gall-bladder may be ruptured by external violence, and if bile escapes from the rent in considerable quantities peritonitis will be set up, whether the bile contains septic germs or not.

The result of an INR test then was grossly abnormal, Mrs Y had peritonitis and was bleeding from her bowel.

In 1922 he survived an episode of severe pneumonia, but the following year he developed acute cholecystitis and peritonitis.