epiplomerocele (epiplomerosel)

[NL., 2 Gr. ἐπίπλοον, the caul, + μηρός, the thigh, + κήλη, & tumor.] In surg., femoral hernia with protrusion of the omentum. epiplomphalocele (ep-i-plom'fa-lō-sēl), п. [NL., protrusion of the omentum at the navel. light. epipsyche (ep-i-sīʼkē), n. [ ψυχή, spirit, life: see Psyche.] ψυχή, afterbrain or medulla oblong at a; oblong at a; the myelen cephalon halon or metencephalon. Haeckel. epiptere (ep'ip-ter), n. [F. F. épiptère (Duméril, 1806), ichth., the dorsal fin. [Rare.] epipteric (ep-ip-ter'ik), a. [ sphenoid or greater wing of the sphenoid bone: sphen specifically applied, specifi applied, in human anatomy, to a supernumerary or epactal bone of the skull sometimes found in the fontanel at the anterior inferior angle of the parietal bone, just above epiploön (e-pip'lō-on), n.; pl. epiploa (-a). [NL., διπλόος , double, twofold: see diploë .] 1. The caul or apron of the intestines; the great omen- tum; a quadruplicature of the peritoneum, hanging down in front of the intestines from the stomach and transverse colon. It consists epipubes, n. Plural of epipubis . actually of four layers of peritoneum, which become two epi by union of their apposed (outer) surfaces, and thus form the end of the ali sphenoid. epipterous (e-pip'te-rus), a. [ ἐπί , upon, + πτερόν , a wing, + -ous .] In bot . , having a wing on the summit: applied a duplicature of the peritoneum looping down from the stomach and colon, the interior of which is the le er cavity of the peritoneum communicating with the greater cavity by the foramen of Winslow, and the folds or walls. of which usually contain much fat. See omentum. 2. In entom., the peculiar fatty substance in insects.