epiploic appendix

noun

Any of the small pouches of the peritoneum that are filled with fat and situated along the colon, but absent in the rectum.

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Meanings

nounepiploic appendix (plural epiploic appendices)

plural epiploic appendices

  1. anatomyAny of the small pouches of the peritoneum that are filled with fat and situated along the colon, but absent in the rectum.
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