GASTROCOLIC OMENTUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gastrocolic omentum mean? 

• GASTROCOLIC OMENTUM (noun)
  The noun GASTROCOLIC OMENTUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GASTROCOLIC OMENTUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASTROCOLIC OMENTUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

caul; gastrocolic omentum; greater omentum

Hypernyms ("gastrocolic omentum" is a kind of...):

omentum (a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera)