How to Use peritonitis in a Sentence
peritonitis
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Cause of death: rupture of the bladder, owing in part to acute peritonitis.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
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The blockage caused the whale to develop peritonitis, an infection of the abdomen, leading to its death.
—Don Sweeney, sacbee, 9 Apr. 2018
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The necropsy found an ulcer in the wall of the animal's stomach that ultimately led to peritonitis.
—Luis Andres Henao, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2018
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She was diagnosed with peritonitis and was essentially bedridden for more than a year.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
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But poke a hole in the colon and the escaping contents — bacteria, digestive juices or even blood — spill into the space between those layers, causing the near-instant pain of peritonitis.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2020
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Cynthia died of peritonitis in 1933, leaving behind three children.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 10 June 2022
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Bradford’s wife, Fannie, died of peritonitis, an inflammation of the lining in the abdominal walls.
—Alex Chan, Daily Pilot, 20 Apr. 2017
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McKenna told jurors to disregard the death certificate, which blamed the death on sepsis and peritonitis due to a colon perforated by a feeding tube, which his client had inserted.
—Christopher Goffardstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
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Harry Houdini's cause of death was peritonitis, caused by a ruptured appendix.
—Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2022
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This then would result in the inflammation of your peritoneum, the lining of the insides of your abdomen, called peritonitis, which can be a life-threatening condition and is a surgical emergency.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
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But some coronaviruses, like the feline infectious peritonitis virus, take evasion to the next level: exploitation.
—Donald S. Burke, STAT, 18 Feb. 2022
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Houdini died on Halloween 1926 from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix.
—Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2019
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There's no evidence Chan Hol 3 had syphilis, but researchers believe she may have been afflicted with its relative, Treponema peritonitis.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2020
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Suffered from serious illnesses throughout childhood, spending one year in the hospital due to peritonitis and two years in a sanitarium for pleurisy.
—Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 23 June 2021
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Perforation allows the contents of the intestines to leak into the abdominal space, causing an infection called peritonitis.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 26 Oct. 2017
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The cats can also fall victim to feline infectious peritonitis, a disease caused by another coronavirus strain that affects the gastrointestinal tract.
—Gloria Dickie, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020
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Symptoms of peritonitis include fatigue, nausea, vomiting and a swollen stomach, all of which Taylor complained of in the weeks leading up to her death, according to former staff members at Diamond Ranch Academy.
—NBC news, 22 Apr. 2023
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The official cause of death was peritonitis, the inflammation of a membrane lining the abdominal wall that is usually the result of a fungal or bacterial infection.
—Luke Hammill, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2017
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After his digestive tract was repaired and the abscess drained and treated with radiation, Durham suffered setbacks of acute pancreatitis that set into peritonitis.
—Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2020
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The peritonitis was the result of the undiagnosed gonorrhea that also led to pericarditis, pleurisy, arthritis in her hips and feet, and vulnerability to the tuberculosis bacillus.
—Frances Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 2 Feb. 2023
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In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021
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The famous magician, illusionist, and entertainer died from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix, but multiple contradicting reports caused quite the mystery around his death.
—Lauren Smith McDonough and Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 14 Aug. 2020
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The famous magician, illusionist and entertainer died from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix, according to Biography.com.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 9 June 2022
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According to medical investigations, Beever died of peritonitis, which is the inflammation of the abdominal wall, Lincolnshire Live reports.
—Eileen Reslen, Seventeen, 19 Sep. 2017
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The famous magician, illusionist, and entertainer definitely died from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix, but the real reason for his death is a mystery due to multiple contradicting reports.
—Lauren Smith, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2018
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Some people will develop complications, including digestive bleeding, bowel obstruction and peritonitis, inflammation of the inner wall of the abdomen.
—Susan Scutti, CNN, 11 May 2017
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What starts out as a relatively mild gastrointestinal infection eventually causes serious peritonitis (inflammation of the membrane lining the abdominal wall) in some animals.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
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