peritonitaladj.
/ˌpɛrᵻtəˈnʌɪtl/, U.S. /ˌpɛrətnˈaɪdl/ Medicine. rare.
= peritonitic adj.
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peritonitic1828
peritonital1865
1865 Hall's Jrnl. Health 12 1 Sore throat, colds, peritonital inflammations, and the like, which have hurried multitudes from health to the grave within a week.
1883 Summary 26 July 3/3 The Bishop..is not out of danger, and..cannot be considered so until the peritonital inflammation is subdued.
2000 Toronto Star (Nexis) 6 Mar. Small food particles had become trapped in pockets on the sides of Fregosi's colon, causing a peritonital infection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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