See Also: peritonism(medicine)

transporter (iou) and peritonism (medicine)


transporter (iou)



transporter noun. M16.
[from TRANSPORT verb + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which transports people, goods, etc.; now esp. a vehicle used to transport Other vehicles, large pieces of machinery, etc., by road.
Comb.: transporter-bridge a bridge carrying vehicles etc. across water on a moving platform or carriage suspended from supports.

peritonism (medicine)


peritonism


A rarely used term for:1. A symptom complex marked by vomiting, pain, and shock associated with inflammation of any of the abdominal viscera in which the peritoneum is involved.

2. A neurosis in which the symptoms simulate those of peritonitis.

Synonym: pseudoperitonitis.