Associations to the word «Peritoneal»

Wiktionary

PERITONEAL, adjective. Of, relating to, or affecting the peritoneum.
PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, noun. A treatment for patients with severe chronic kidney disease in which fluids are exchanged from the blood in the patient's peritoneum in the abdomen.

Dictionary definition

PERITONEAL, adjective. Of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum; "peritoneal cancer".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats