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greater omentum

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.


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Through the wound protruded the greater part of the larger curvature of the stomach; the arch of the colon and the entire greater omentum were both strangulated.

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