What Is a Joint Venture

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Essay

What is a joint venture?

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Definitions:

Visceral

Relating to the internal organs.

Parietal Pleura

The outer membrane that lines the inner surface of the chest wall and diaphragm in the thoracic cavity, but does not cover the lungs directly.

Peritonitis

Inflammation of the peritoneum, the thin tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and covers most of the abdominal organs.

"-Itis"

A suffix used in medical terminology to denote inflammation of an organ or tissue.