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Of or pertaining to the peritoneum.

Inflammation of the peritoneum.

ation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum.

Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum.

r less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum. Blood serum, the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the loquid portion of the blood, after removal of the blood corpuscles and the fibrin. -- Muscle serum, the thin…