reticuloperitonitis

English

Etymology

From reticulo- +‎ periton(eum) +‎ -itis.

Noun

reticuloperitonitis (uncountable)

1. (veterinary medicine) Inflammation of the reticulum and the peritoneum in ruminants, which is usually caused by, part of, and metonymically synonymous with hardware disease.

Coordinate terms

• hardware disease (usually although not invariably synonymous)