omen'tum

[L.] A single or double fold of peritoneum pa ing from the stomach to another abdominal organ, gastrocol'ic o., o. majus. gastrohepat'ic o., o. minus, gastrosplen'ic c, lig amentum gastrolienale [BNA], greater 0., o. majus. 1 e er o., o. minus, o. ma'jus [BNA], greater or gastrocolic o., a fold pa ing from the greater curvature of the stomach to the transverse colon, hanging like an apron in front of the intestines, o. mi'nus I'BNA], le er or gastrohepatic u., a peritoneal fold pa ing from the margins of the porta hepatis and the bottom of the fo a duct us venosi to the le er curvature of the stomach and to the upper border of the duodenum for a distance of about an inch from the pylorus.