Of, relating to, or affecting the peritoneum.

(medicine) The process by which a surgical surface is covered with peritoneum, via surgical means or natural regeneration.

By way of the peritoneum

(pathology) Inflammation of the peritoneum, especially when caused by an infectious organism introduced into the abdominal cavity

(chemistry) Describes the isothermal, isobaric reversible reaction of a saturated liquid phase and a solid phase to form a new solid phase and removal of the solvent

(pathology) Any condition having the symptoms of peritonitis but without the inflammation of the peritoneum

plural of Periton

A suburb of Minehead, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref SS9545). / A habitational surname.

(medicine) 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.

(medicine) peritonitis which results from the escape of the contents of the digestive tract into the peritoneum