Medical term:

ectoperitonitis



ec·to·per·i·to·ni·tis

(ek'tō-per'i-tō-nī'tis),
Inflammation beginning in the deeper layer of the peritoneum which is next to the viscera or the abdominal wall.
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ectoperitonitis

An obsolete term for peritonitis adjacent to viscera or the abdominal wall, a distinction of uncertain significance.
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ectoperitonitis

(ĕk″tō-pĕr″ĭ-tō-nī′tĭs) [″ + peritonaion, peritoneum, + itis, inflammation]
Inflammation of the parietal layer of the peritoneum (the layer lining the abdominal wall).
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