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epiploön|ɛˈpɪpləʊɒn|
Also 6 epipleon.
[mod.L., a. Gr. ἐπίπλοον, f. ἐπιπλέειν to sail or float on; the epiploön floating as it were on the intestines.]
1. The caul or omentum, a fatty membrane enwrapping the intestines.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., What is Epypleon, and wherof is it composed? 1667Phil. Trans. II. 552 The Epiploon, or the Double Membrane, which covers the Entrals of Animals, and is fill'd with Fat. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 4 The curtain-like omentum or epiploon.
2. Entom. (See quots.)
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 115 What some regard as a real liver, others look upon as an epiploon or caul. Ibid. (1828) IV. xliv. 219 Chiefly the epiploon or fat of the larva. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 322 The epiploon or corps graisseux. |