Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated behind the peritoneum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated or occurring behind the peritoneum.
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- adjective Located behind the
peritoneum .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“I believe this is the kidney, but I could be wrong,” she murmured, staring at the glut of tissue inside the retroperitoneal cavity.
Body of Knowledge Steve Giegerich 2001
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Peritoneal Recesses or Fossæ (retroperitoneal fossæ).
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In the human embryo the lymph sacs from which the lymphatic vessels are derived are six in number; two paired, the jugular and the posterior lymph-sacs; and two unpaired, the retroperitoneal and the cisterna chyli.
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In certain parts of the abdominal cavity there are recesses of peritoneum forming culs-de-sac or pouches, which are of surgical interest in connection with the possibility of the occurrence of retroperitoneal herniæ.
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The case was clinically unusual in that the picture of a pseudoleukemia was presented, with demonstration at autopsy of great hyperplasia of retroperitoneal lymph nodes and grossly visible islands of lymphoid hyperplasia in liver and spleen.
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The same statement and explanation may be made regarding the distribution of pain receptors for physical contact within the parenchyma of the liver, the gall-bladder, the abdominal viscera, the spleen, the heart, the lungs, the retroperitoneal tissue, the deep tissue of the back, the vertebræ, and in certain portions of the spinal cord.
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers 1915
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The step-up approach consisted of percutaneous drainage followed, if necessary, by minimally invasive retroperitoneal necrosectomy.
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But to provide some detail for you, a working person without insurance presents at the emergency department with 10 on 10 abdominal pain spitting up blood, and learns that they have an inoperable stage 5 retroperitoneal soft tissue cancer, with mets to the lung.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local bagzzaf 2010
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But to provide some detail for you, a working person without insurance presents at the emergency department with 10 on 10 abdominal pain spitting up blood, and learns that they have an inoperable stage 5 retroperitoneal soft tissue cancer, with mets to the lung.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local tallpine 2010
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One patient who received enoxaparin died of retroperitoneal bleeding 40 days after surgery.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010
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