Look up: epiplo-

1. epiplo-
   Omentum. ... See: omento-. ... Origin: G. Epiploon ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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2. epiplo-
   Type: Term Pronunciation: e-pip′lō Definitions: 1. Omentum.
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3. Epiploa
   • (pl. ) of Epiploon
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4. Epiploce
   E·pip'lo·ce noun [ Latin , connection, from Greek ... a plaiting together, from ... to plait or braid in; 'epi` upon + ... to twist, plait.] (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to anoth...
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5. Epiploce
   • (n.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., `He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them.`
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6. epiplocele
   Rarely used term for hernia of the omentum. ... Origin: epiplo-+ G. Kele, hernia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. epiplocele
   Type: Term Pronunciation: e-pip′lō-sēl Definitions: 1. Rarely used term for hernia of the omentum.
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8. epiploectomy
   epiploectomy omentectomy; surgical removal or the excision of the upper part of the omentum. The omentum is a sheet of fat that is covered by the peritoneum. The greater omentum is attached to the bottom edge of the stomach, and hangs down in front of the intestines. Its other edge is attached to ...
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9. Epiploic
   Ep`i·plo'ic adjective Relating to the epiploön.
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10. epiploic
    Synonym for omental ... <anatomy> Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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11. Epiploic
    • (a.) Relating to the epiploon.
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12. epiploic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ep′i-plō′ik Synonyms: omental
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13. epiploic
    adjective, Greek epiploon = a net, which the greater omentum resembles with fat entangled in it.
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14. epiploic appendage
    Synonym for appendix epiploica ... A finger-like projection of fat attached to the colon. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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15. epiploic appendix
    Synonym for appendix epiploica ... A finger-like projection of fat attached to the colon. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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16. epiploic appendix
    Type: Term Synonyms: omental appendices
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17. epiploic appendage
    Type: Term Synonyms: omental appendices, under appendix
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18. Epiploic appendagitis
    `Epiploic appendagitis` (EA) is an uncommon, benign, self-limiting inflammatory process of the epiploic appendices. Other, older terms for the process include `appendicitis epiploica` and `appendagitis`, but these terms are used less now in order to avoid confusion with acute appendicitis. Epiploic ...
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19. Epiploic appendix
    The `epiploic appendices` (or `appendices epiploicae`, or `epiploic appendages`, or `appendix epiploica`, or `omental appendices`) are small pouches of the peritoneum filled with fat and situated along the colon and upper part of the rectum. They are chiefly appended to the transverse and sigmoid pa...
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20. epiploic branches
    Branches to the greater omentum; epiploic branches arise from the left and right gastroepiploic arteries (rami omentales arteriae gastro-omentalis sinistrae et dextrae ) opposite the gastric branches (rami gastrici ) along the greater curvature of the stomach. ... Synonym: rami omentales, omental branches, rami epiploicae. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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21. epiploic branches
    Type: Term Synonyms: omental branches
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22. epiploic foramen
    The passage, below and behind the portal hepatis, connecting the two sacs of the peritoneum; it is bounded anteriorly by the hepatoduodenal ligament and posteriorly by a peritoneal fold over the inferior vena cava. ... Synonym: foramen omentale, foramen epiploicum, aditus ad saccum peritonei minorem...
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23. epiploic foramen
    omental foramen.
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24. epiploic foramen
    Type: Term Synonyms: omental foramen
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25. epiploic tags
    Synonym for appendix epiploica ... A finger-like projection of fat attached to the colon. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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