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Meaning of peritonism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum.

uncountable

Equivalents

Italiano peritonismo

Examples

“On arrival she was afebrile but tachycardic, with local peritonism in the left renal angle and left iliac fossa despite large amounts of opioid analgesia.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Peritonitis peritrack peritreme peritrich peritrochium peritrophin