GREATER OMENTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greater omentum mean? 

• GREATER OMENTUM (noun)
  The noun GREATER OMENTUM has 1 sense:

1. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines

  Familiarity information: GREATER OMENTUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREATER OMENTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

caul; gastrocolic omentum; greater omentum

Hypernyms ("greater omentum" is a kind of...):

omentum (a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera)

 Context examples 

It is located posteriorly to the stomach and extends into the greater omentum.

(Omental Bursa, NCI Thesaurus)

One of two (right and left) arteries along the greater curvature of the stomach that supply blood to the greater omentum and stomach.

(Gastroepiploic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A major portion of the greater omentum between the stomach and the transverse colon.

(Gastrocolic Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

Attached to it is the greater omentum.

(Greater Curvature of the Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the greater omentum between the greater curvature of the stomach and the inferior surface of the diaphragm.

(Gastrophrenic Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

A lymph node along the left gastric artery or greater omentum.

(Gastric Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the greater omentum between the greater curvature of the stomach and the hilum of the spleen.

(Gastrosplenic Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)