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Webster 1913 Edition

Omentum

O-men′tum

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Noun.
;
pl.
Omenta
(#)
.
[L.]
(Anat.)
A free fold of the peritoneum, or one serving to connect viscera, support blood vessels, etc.; an epiploon.
☞ The great, or gastrocolic, omentum forms, in most mammals, a great sac, which is attached to the stomach and transverse colon, is loaded with fat, and covers more or less of the intestines; the caul. The lesser, or gastrohepatic, omentum connects the stomach and liver and contains the hepatic vessels. The
gastrosplenic omentum
, or ligament, connects the stomach and spleen.

Webster 1828 Edition

Omentum

OMENT'UM

,
Noun.
[L.] In anatomy, the caul or epiploon; a membranaceous covering of the bowels, being placed under the peritoneum and immediately above the intestines.

Definition 2024

omentum

omentum

English

Noun

omentum ‎(plural omentums or omenta)

  1. (anatomy) Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera

Translations

Derived terms

  • greater omentum
  • lesser omentum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from another Italic language such as Umbrian 𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌍 ‎(umen), 𐌖𐌌𐌍𐌄 ‎(umne, “ointment”), from Proto-Italic *ongʷən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ ‎(“fat butter”). Related to Latin unguen ‎(“fat; ointment”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈmen.tum/, [oːˈmɛn.tũ]

Noun

ōmentum n ‎(genitive ōmentī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) The adipose membrane which encloses the bowels.
  2. The bowels
  3. (anatomy) Any membrane which envelops an internal part of the body

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ōmentum ōmenta
genitive ōmentī ōmentōrum
dative ōmentō ōmentīs
accusative ōmentum ōmenta
ablative ōmentō ōmentīs
vocative ōmentum ōmenta

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ōmentum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 428

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