peritonismn.
/ˈpɛrᵻtənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɛrətnˌɪz(ə)m/ Medicine.
The signs and symptoms of peritonitis, esp. abdominal pain and vomiting; (in later use) such signs and symptoms occurring in the absence of peritoneal infection.
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peritonism1894
1894 Lancet 3 Mar. 541/2 To these common phenomena of a crisis within the abdomen Gübler has applied the convenient term of ‘peritonism’.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 625 The hæmorrhage may produce the symptoms of acute peritoneal damage which have been described under the title of ‘Peritonism’.
1930 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 9 480/1 Articles that have been written in the past on the subjects of pseudoperitonitis, or peritonism, and pseudo-ileus deal, mainly, with medical conditions as the causative factors.
1976 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 1 379 Two [patients] had amniotic fluid peritonism and the third had minor intraperitoneal bleeding.
2003 Emergency Med. Jrnl. 20 386 A 63 year old man presented with the signs of acute generalised peritonism in the presence of a clear chest radiograph.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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