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epiploon

epiploon noun: the greater omentum.

Noun

epiploon (plural epiploons or epiploa)

  1. The greater omentum.

epiploon meaning in Tamil

epiploon in Tamil

பெருவபைமடி

Forms of epiploon

pluralepiploons
pluralepiploa

Origin of epiploon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίπλοον (epíploon).

Words formed from epiploon

Questions about epiploon

What does epiploon mean?
Epiploon means the greater omentum.
What is epiploon in Tamil?
Epiploon in Tamil is பெருவபைமடி. See Epiploon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epiploon?
Epiploon is a noun.
What is the plural of epiploon?
The plural of epiploon is epiploons.

Words near epiploon in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epiploon (page history and authors); epiploon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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