English

Noun

peritonæa

1. plural form of peritonæum
   • 1907, Parker Syms in Annals of Surgery, J. B. Lippincott Company; volume XLVI, page 96:

     2. That sepsis is not so likely to occur in these peritonæa as in laparotomy in healthy ones, on account of the pathological changes which have taken place in the membranes.