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Lynn told me that her husband, Mark, was diagnosed in September 2016 with late-stage cancer of the peritoneum, or abdominal lining.
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Cells can land on the uterosacral ligaments, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, bowels, bladder, peritoneum, appendix, and sometimes in rare cases, the diaphragm, lungs, or the brain.
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Origin and Etymology of peritoneum
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek peritonaion, neuter of peritonaios stretched around, from peri- + teinein to stretch — more at thin
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of peritoneum
plural peritoneums
or chiefly British -naeums
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\-ˈē-əmz\
or -nea
or chiefly British peritonaea
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\-ˈē-ə\
: the smooth transparent serous membrane that lines the cavity of the abdomen of a mammal, is folded inward over the abdominal and pelvic viscera, and consists of an outer layer closely adherent to the walls of the abdomen and an inner layer that folds to invest the viscera — see parietal peritoneum, visceral peritoneum — compare mesentery 1
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