fibrinous

exudate occurs, matting together the intestines and various other organs, p. def or'- mans, a chronic p. in which thickening of the membrane and contracting adhesions cause shortening of the mesentery and kinking and retraction of the intestines, pel'vic p., inflammation, more or le strictly localized, of the peritoneum surrounding the uterus and Fallopian tubes; usually gonorrheal, tuberculous, or septic.