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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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
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
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 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
Her general condition was good, with some omental fat, but no subcutaneous fat.
From An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf by Richard A. Hook
