GREATER PERITONEAL SAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greater peritoneal sac mean? 

• GREATER PERITONEAL SAC (noun)
  The noun GREATER PERITONEAL SAC has 1 sense:

1. the interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the peritoneum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREATER PERITONEAL SAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The interior of the peritoneum; a potential space between layers of the peritoneum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

greater peritoneal sac; peritoneal cavity

Hypernyms ("greater peritoneal sac" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "greater peritoneal sac"):

bursa omentalis; lesser peritoneal cavity; omental bursa (an isolated part of the peritoneal cavity that is dorsal to the stomach)