peritoneum

• The dogs' teeth would have penetrated the peritoneum, and the fawn had probably died of sepsis. —  EQMM,August2006
• He remembered where the incisions had originally been made in the membrana adiposa and the peritoneum, and he tried to cut in the same places. —  Tim Powers - The Stress of Her Regard
• Mesothelioma is a cancer of the mesothelial tissue which the New Oxford American Dictionary says is the epithelium that lines the pleurae, peritoneum, and pericardium, and can effect the lungs, chest, and abdomen. —  Progressive U - The new media voice for students
• At first through the skin and fascia only, this incision must be continued through the muscles of the abdominal wall, one by one, till the transversalis fascia is exposed, which must then be scraped through very cautiously, so as not to injure the peritoneum, which is to be detached from the fascia covering the psoas and iliacus muscles, and must be held inwards and out of the way by bent copper spatulć. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• The close proximity of the peritoneum, and specially the risk there is that it has become adherent to the sac of the aneurism; 2. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners

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