greater omentum

Questions about greater omentum

What is another word for greater omentum?

It depends which greater omentum you mean. In the sense “part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines”, the synonyms are gastrocolic omentum, caul. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of greater omentum?

WordNet records no antonym for greater omentum. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for greater omentum come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of greater omentum

• Full entry for greater omentumAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for greater omentumWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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