Meanings
plural peritonæa
- datedDated form of peritonaeum.
This surface of the bladder may be punctured above the pubes without wounding the peritonæum.
1856, Jones Quain, Elements of Anatomy, Walton and Maberly, sixth edition, Volume III., page 336
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