Omentum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.
  2. 2
    a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōmentum.

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greater omentumlesser omentum

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