Definition of Omentums

1. Noun. (plural of omentum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Omentums

1. omentum [n] - See also: omentum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Omentums

omental tenia
omental tuber
omentectomy
omentitis
omento-
omentofixation
omentopexy
omentoplasty
omentorrhaphy
omentovolvulus
omentulum
omentum
omentum majus
omentum minus
omentumectomy
omentums (current term)
omeprazole
omer
omers
omerta
omertas
omes
omethoate
omiai
omic
omicra
omicron
omicrons
omics
omigod

Literary usage of Omentums

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

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"... either to take no note of the unquestionable fact that we have, even in these our most mortal and contemptible bodies, stomachs, spleens, and omentums, ..."

2. Folia Haematologica: Internationales Magazin für klinische und (1908)
"... fortwährend lokalen Dehnungen unterworfen, wobei häufig Riese derselben entstehen, durch welche in dem Gewebe des omentums kleine Blutungen stattfinden. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1912)
"... relaxed peritoneal supports, beginning with the suspensory ligament of the liver, shortening the gastro-hepatic omentums and the gastro-colic ligament. ..."

4. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1906)
"Coincident adhesions of the gall-bladder to the transverse colon, both omentums, and possibly to duodenum and mesocolon. 5. Perforation of the gallbladder ..."

5. Local and Regional Anesthesia: With Chapters on Spinal, Epidural by Carroll Woolsey Allen (1920)
"For gastric resections the gastrocolic and lesser omentums must be freely infiltrated between their folds for an area some little distance beyond the ..."

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