单词 | pleuroperitoneum |
释义 | pleuroperitoneumn. Chiefly Zoology. The serous membrane lining the body cavity of vertebrates other than mammals, and that of mammal embryos. Also: the pleura and peritoneum (together or collectively). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [noun] > membrane enveloping viscera pleuroperitoneum1875 1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. 192 Note the smooth moist membrane (pleuroperitoneum) lining the inside of the body-cavity and covering the outside of the contained viscera. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 680 The possibility of a development of true carcinoma in connection with the pleuro-peritoneum is at once obvious. 1969 Science 25 July 395/1 Diploid and triploid tadpoles,..were injected in the pleuroperitoneum with a virus-containing mitochondrial fraction prepared from a frog renal adenocarcinoma. 1984 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 148 213/1 Usually fluid enters the chest through tiny defects in the diaphragm. These defects are often covered by pleuroperitoneum. 2004 Jrnl. Morphol. 260 33 The boundary of the entire [Mullerian] gland has a pleuroperitoneum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875 |
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