n. inflammation of the membrane covering the liver (capsule). It is usually associated with abnormalities of the liver (including liver abscess, cirrhosis, tuberculosis) or chronic peritonitis.
a condition in which infection due to *pelvic inflammatory disease spreads to the right upper quadrant of the *abdomen. Adhesions form between the liver and the anterior abdominal wall causing *perihepatitis, with pain and liver function abnormalities. [T. Fitz-Hugh and A. H. Curtis (20th century), US physicians]... fitz-hugh–curtis syndrome
Health Encyclopedia