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Definitions of omentum
  1. noun
    a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera
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Definition that contains omentum
  • transport an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
  • ballistic relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
  • deaden lessen the momentum or velocity of
  • umbilical hernia protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth
  • left gastric vein arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
  • reaction propulsion propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum
  • silver lime large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental
  • uncertainty principle (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
  • newton's second law the rate of change of momentum is proportional to the imposed force and goes in the direction of the force
  • silver linden large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side; widely cultivated as an ornamental
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