Pleuroperitoneum

Related to Pleuroperitoneum: epimere, hypomere, pleuroperitoneal canal, pleuroperitoneal fold, pleuroperitoneal shunt

Pleu`ro`per`i`to`ne´um


n.1.(Anat.) The pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum; - used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.