noun the pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum;
used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
noun the pleural and peritoneal membranes, or the membrane lining the body cavity and covering the surface of the inclosed viscera; the peritoneum;
used especially in the case of those animals in which the body cavity is not divided.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012