reticuloperitonitis

English

Etymology

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)