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Examples of peritonitis in a Sentence
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The jury agreed that the cause of death was simple peritonitis, and Burleigh walked free.
—TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
All of them were ear-tipped, and many looked reasonably healthy, but one of them had peritonitis and was lacking an eye.
—Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
The appendix could burst, leading to long-term hospitalization and a potentially life-threatening infection known as peritonitis.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
Their bellies became swollen like bowling balls, a symptom characteristic of the disease feline infectious peritonitis, or FIP, that is almost 100 percent fatal left untreated.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2023
An autopsy report completed this month by the Utah Medical Examiner’s office concluded that Taylor died of peritonitis, an infection of the abdomen tissue, which led to sepsis, a life-threatening condition that arises from a body’s response to infection.
—NBC news, 22 Apr. 2023
There were also far more deaths from perforated uteruses and peritonitis and conditions euphemistically called urinary infections than were ever reported in the papers, but each appalling story that came to light weighed upon the minds of young women of my generation.
—Joyce Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2020
Taylor Goodridge died of peritonitis, an infection of abdomen tissue, followed by sepsis, which caused her organs to fail, in December 2022 at Diamond Ranch Academy in Utah.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2023
Symptoms of peritonitis include fatigue, nausea, vomiting and a swollen stomach, all of which Taylor complained of in the weeks leading up to her death, according to former staff members at Diamond Ranch Academy.
—NBC news, 22 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin
First Known Use
1771, in the meaning defined above
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“Peritonitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peritonitis. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
peritonitis
noun
peri·to·ni·tis
ˌper-ət-ᵊn-ˈīt-əs
: inflammation of the peritoneum
Medical Definition
peritonitis
noun
peri·to·ni·tis
ˌper-ət-ᵊn-ˈīt-əs
: inflammation of the peritoneum
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