pleuroperitoneum
Meanings
noun
- The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the enclosed viscera; the peritoneum; used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
Word forms
Etymology
From pleuro- + peritoneum.
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