Omentectomy
Surgery to remove part or all of the omentum, an large apron of fatty tissue containing veins, arteries, lymphatics. The omentum attaches to and nourishes the stomach and the entire colon.
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A sheet of fat that is covered by peritoneum. The greater omentum is attached to the bottom edge of the stomach and hangs down in front of the intestines. Its other edge is attached to the transverse colon. The lesser omentum is attached to the top edge of the stomach and extends to the undersurface […]
- Ommaya reservoir
A device that is implanted under the scalp to deliver anticancer drugs to the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
- Omniscience
All knowledge. Infinite awareness, understanding, and insight. Someone who (supposedly) possesses omniscience is omniscient. From the Latin “omni-” (all) + “scire” (to know) = to know all. Medical students and nursing students would do well to recall what Francis Bacon said a while back (about 1615), “By no means trust to your own judgement alone; […]
- Omphalo-
Prefix indicating a relationship to the umbilicus (the navel). From the Greek word for the decorative boss protruding from the center of a Greek warrior?s shield.
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A birth defect in which part of the intestine, covered only by a thin transparent membrane, protrudes outside the abdomen at the umbilicus. An omphalocele occurs due to a failure during embryonic development for a section of the intestines (the midgut) to return from outside the abdomen and reenter the abdomen as it should. The […]