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Webster 1913 Edition

Omentum

O-men′tum

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Noun.
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pl.
Omenta
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[L.]
(Anat.)
A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploon.
☞ The great, or gastrocolic, omentum forms, in most mammals, a great sac, which is attached to the stomach and transverse colon, is loaded with fat, and covers more or less of the intestines; the caul. The lesser, or gastrohepatic, omentum connects the stomach and liver and contains the hepatic vessels. The
gastrosplenic omentum
, or ligament, connects the stomach and spleen.

Webster 1828 Edition

Omentum

OMENT'UM

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Noun.
[L.] In anatomy, the caul or epiploon; a membranaceous covering of the bowels, being placed under the peritoneum and immediately above the intestines.

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