HyperDic: gastrocolic_omentum

English > 1 sense of the expression gastrocolic omentum:
NOUNbodygastrocolic omentum, greater omentum, caulpart of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
English > gastrocolic omentum: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningPart of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
Synonymsgreater omentum, caul
BroaderomentumA fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera
Catalanepipló major

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