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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From pleuro- + peritoneum.
