How to Use peritonitis in a Sentence

peritonitis

noun
  • Cermak would die of peritonitis in 19 days.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The jury agreed that the cause of death was simple peritonitis, and Burleigh walked free.
    — TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
  • All of them were ear-tipped, and many looked reasonably healthy, but one of them had peritonitis and was lacking an eye.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • She was diagnosed with peritonitis and was essentially bedridden for more than a year.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The blockage caused the whale to develop peritonitis, an infection of the abdomen, leading to its death.
    — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The latter has been linked to infections such as peritonitis and conjunctivitis.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Harry Houdini's cause of death was peritonitis, caused by a ruptured appendix.
    — Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Cynthia died of peritonitis in 1933, leaving behind three children.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 10 June 2022
  • Charges were never brought against Whitehead, but doctors at the time did believe Houdini's peritonitis was the result of those punches.
    — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Bradford’s wife, Fannie, died of peritonitis, an inflammation of the lining in the abdominal walls.
    — Alex Chan, Daily Pilot, 20 Apr. 2017
  • 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
  • Houdini died on Halloween 1926 from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • Perforation allows the contents of the intestines to leak into the abdominal space, causing an infection called peritonitis.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 26 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • The bacteria found in the product have been linked to conjunctivitis and peritonitis, according to CBS News.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Some enterococci, of which there are more than 50 different species, are also linked with more serious diseases like endocarditis and peritonitis.
    — Chad De Guzman, TIME, 2 July 2024
  • The appendix could burst, leading to long-term hospitalization and a potentially life-threatening infection known as peritonitis.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Fulcher’s cause of death was determined to be sepsis, peritonitis and colonic perforation, along with the instrument left in his body during surgery, per Cleveland 19 News.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The official cause of Houdini's death was diffuse peritonitis, which is when a burst appendix spills bacteria into the abdominal cavity.
    — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2019
  • In 1926, magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit of peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021

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