omentum
noun
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
omental
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a word derived from
omentum.
Example Sentences
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The “contents” are bowel, omental fat, or, in children, an ovary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
In one case where a wolf was interrupted while feeding it was apparent that the animal had been stripping the omental fat from the carcass.
From Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota by L. D. Frenzel
The hard bodies proved to be on one side an irreducible omental hernia, probably congenital, and on the other a hardened mass having no glandular structure.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Lymphangiomas are met with in the abdomen in the form of omental cysts.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
In cases where the hernia is chiefly omental, the sac should be opened, lest a knuckle of bowel be inclosed and strangulated in the omentum.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
