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  • n  a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera

  • There it picked up some of the barbiturates by osmosis through the peritoneum.
  • Thus no infectious intestinal material can leak into the peritoneum.
  • To reach any of these organs the surgeon must cut through the peritoneum, a closed sack within the hollow of the abdomen.

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