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OMENTUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: omenta   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera

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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)

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 Context examples: 

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

(Gastrosplenic Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Gastric Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

Partial resection of the omentum.

(Partial Omentectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Omental Bursa, NCI Thesaurus)