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Definition of Caul

1. Noun. Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.

2. Noun. The inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth).

Definition of Caul

1. n. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.

Definition of Caul

1. a fetal membrane [n -S]

Medical Definition of Caul

1. Cowl 1. The amnion, either as a piece of membrane capping the baby's head at birth or the whole membrane when delivered unruptured with the baby. Synonym: galea, veil, velum, greater omentum. Origin: Gaelic, call, a veil (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caul

caudles caudling caudocephalad caudolenticular caudovirales caudron caudrons cauf caught caught up(p)

cauk cauker caukers cauks caul (current term) caul (current term) cauld caulder cauldest cauldron

cauldrons caulds caules caulescent caulescent caulicle caulicles cauliflower cauliflower-ear deformity caulifloweret

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