HyperDic: greater_omentum

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

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