pleuroperitoneum

noun

pleu·​ro·​peritoneum

variants or less commonly pleuroperitonaeum

"+

: the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the enclosed viscera of vertebrates that have no diaphragm compare peritoneum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pleur- + peritoneum, peritonaeum

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