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Peritoneum
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The tissue that lines the abdominal wall and covers most of the organs in the abdomen. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The tissue that lines the wall of the abdominal cavity, intestine, and mesentery. It consists of the parietal peritoneum that covers the inside of the abdominal wall and the visceral peritoneum that covers the surface of the intestine and mesentery. (NCI Thesaurus)
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