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omentum

omentum noun: either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.

Noun

omentum (plural omentums or omenta)

  1. Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.

omentum meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit

omentum in Tamil

உள்வயிற்றுப்பகுதி இணைச்சவ்வு, அவளிகை, உதரமடிப்பு, சுற்றோட்டம், சுற்றுவிரிமடிப்பு

omentum in Sanskrit

fold of the peritoneum
वपा vapā

Forms of omentum

pluralomentums
pluralomenta

Origin of omentum

Borrowed from Latin ōmentum.

Words formed from omentum

Words that rhyme with omentum

Questions about omentum

What does omentum mean?
Omentum means either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.
What is omentum in Tamil?
Omentum in Tamil is உள்வயிற்றுப்பகுதி இணைச்சவ்வு, அவளிகை, உதரமடிப்பு. See Omentum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is omentum?
Omentum is a noun.
What is the plural of omentum?
The plural of omentum is omentums.

Words near omentum in the dictionary

  1. omentopexies
  2. omentopexy
  3. omentoplasties
  4. omentoplasty
  5. omentoplication
  6. omentum
  7. omentums
  8. Omeo
  9. Omeo Valley
  10. omeprazole
  11. omer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: omentum (page history and authors); omentum (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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