omentaladj.
/əʊˈmɛntl/, U.S. /oʊˈmɛn(t)l/ Anatomy and Veterinary Medicine.
Of, relating to, or situated in the omentum.
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mesaraica1400
zirbal?a1425
mesaraical1569
meserenical1578
mesenterial1605
mesenteric1615
mesenterical1615
epiploic1656
omental1739
peritoneal1766
omphalomesenteric1797
mesocolic1825
intraperitoneal1835
retroperitoneal1835
mesogastric1843
mesenteriform1846
pleuroperitoneal1870
mesoarial1875
transperitoneal1891
transperitone1899
ventriculoperitoneal1913
1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. Sarcoepiplocele, a Fleshy Omental Rupture.
1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 158 Singular case of an omental hernia.
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 218 To decide whether a tumour be glandular or omental.
1918 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 208 333 Between the glandular portion and the duct on the right, and the stomach on the left, is interposed the omental bursa.
1965 F. Gerrard Macgregor's Struct. Meat Animals (ed. 2) iii. 66 A similar loop called the Omentum supports the stomach and contains the omental fat or ‘Caul Fat’.
1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 127/1 We see no merit in disturbing an omental patch already in place merely to spend a long time putting it back.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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