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epiploic appendix

epiploic appendix noun: any of the small pouches of the peritoneum that are filled with fat and situated along the colon, but absent in the rectum.

Noun

epiploic appendix (plural epiploic appendices)

  1. Any of the small pouches of the peritoneum that are filled with fat and situated along the colon, but absent in the rectum.

Forms of epiploic appendix

pluralepiploic appendices

Questions about epiploic appendix

What does epiploic appendix mean?
Epiploic appendix means any of the small pouches of the peritoneum that are filled with fat and situated along the colon, but absent in the rectum.
What part of speech is epiploic appendix?
Epiploic appendix is a noun.
What is the plural of epiploic appendix?
The plural of epiploic appendix is epiploic appendices.

Words near epiploic appendix in the dictionary

  1. epiploce
  2. epiplocele
  3. epiploceles
  4. epiploic
  5. epiploic appendices
  6. epiploic appendix
  7. epiploitis
  8. epiploon
  9. epiploons
  10. epiplopexies
  11. epiplopexy

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