EPIPLOIC

Etymology

Adjective

epiploic (not comparable)

Pertaining to the omentum.

Anagrams

• epipolic

Source: Wiktionary


Ep`i*plo"ic, a.

Definition: Relating to the epiploön.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

13 November 2024

OSTENSIBLE

(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”


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