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OMENTUM (omenta)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does omentum mean?
• OMENTUM (noun)
The noun OMENTUM has 1 sense:
1. a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera
Familiarity information: OMENTUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("omentum" is a kind of...):
peritoneum (a transparent membrane that lines the abdominal cavity in mammals and covers most of the viscera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "omentum"):
caul; gastrocolic omentum; greater omentum (part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines)
lesser omentum (a part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and liver and supporting the hepatic vessels)
Context examples
Surgery to remove part or all of the omentum.
(Omentectomy, NCI Dictionary)
A gastrointestinal stromal tumor that arises from the omentum.
(Omentum Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Partial or complete resection of the omentum.
(Omentectomy, NCI Thesaurus)
It occurs in the peritoneum, extraperitoneal space, omentum, or pelvic or abdominal viscera.
(Multicystic Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)
A portion of the peritoneal cavity formed by the greater and lesser omentum.
(Omental Bursa, 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)
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)
The portion of the lesser omentum between the liver and the lesser curvature of the stomach.
(Hepatogastric Ligament, 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)
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