lesser omentum

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noun Anatomy.

an omentum attached to the stomach, part of the duodenum, and part of the liver and supporting the hepatic vessels.

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Also called gastrohepatic omentum.

Compare greater omentum.

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How to use lesser omentum in a sentence

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The three parades since 9/11 have all been for lesser heroes.
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But I have never once thought of believing that they were specially created to be lesser lights to the Earth.
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And he forgot his lesser self in this crowded atmosphere of ancient divinities and old-world splendour.
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There was a famous Bar, including all the big-wigs of course, and some lesser wigs, and numbering more than twenty in all.
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Crane and Keith were at the same interesting employment, but on a lesser scale.
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Medical definitions for lesser omentum

lesser omentum

A peritoneal fold passing from the margins of the portal fissure to the lesser curvature of the stomach and to the upper border of the duodenum.omentulum