Definition of Omental

1. a. Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

Definition of Omental

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Omental

1. omentum [adj] - See also: omentum

Medical Definition of Omental

1. Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Omental

omegasome
omegoid
omeiite
omelet
omelet pan
omelets
omelette
omelette Arnold Bennett
omelette pan
omelettes
omen
omened
omening
omens
omenta
omental (current term)
omental branches
omental bursa
omental cake
omental enterocleisis
omental graft
omental sac
omental tenia
omental tuber
omentectomy
omentitis
omento-
omentofixation
omentopexy
omentoplasty

Literary usage of Omental

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1845)
"These omental sacs may attain great size ; and alterations of structure, ... The omental sac may either lie loose in the cavity of the hernial sac, ..."

2. Surgical Diseases of the Abdomen: With Special Reference to Diagnosis by Richard P. A. Douglas, Richard A. Barr (1909)
"Meredith reports the removal of an omental lipoma ... Borrmann, after studying the published description of all omental tumors, says " the statement is ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Testis, and of the Spermatic by Thomas Blizard Curling (1856)
"An omental hernia, or an encysted hydrocele of the cord, might be mistaken for a diffused hydrocele of the spermatic cord. In regard to the former, ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"E. The blood supply to the omental edge was partially cut off by the ligation of several vessels passing to it from the stomach. ..."

5. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"omental Bursa, or Lesser Peritoneal Cavity (Bursa omentalis). (Fig. 246.) Pass the finger beneath the right free border of the omentum minus, ..."

6. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1900)
"CASE V. GANGRENOUS omental HERNIA WITH PRACTICALLY NO CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS. In January last, I was called in consultation by Dr. Stillwell to see a man ..."

7. Intestinal Surgery by Nicholas Senn (1889)
"omental Grafting. Under the head of circular ... After a few days the omental flaps were found firmly adherent and vascular around the whole circumference ..."

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