Extraperitoneal space: [TA] loose areolar space (only potential in many places) or plane immediately external to the peritoneum; in surgery, this plane enables dissection within the body wall but external to the peritoneum.retroperitoneal space. SYN: spatium extraperitoneale [TA].
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