different between omentum vs omental

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?mentum.

Noun

omentum (plural omentums or omenta)

1. (anatomy) Either of two folds of the peritoneum that support the viscera.

Derived terms

• greater omentum
• lesser omentum

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from another Italic language such as Umbrian ???????????????? (umen), ???????????????? (umne, “ointment”), from Proto-Italic *ong??n, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éng?n? (“fat, butter”). Related to Latin unguen (“fat; ointment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o??men.tum/, [o??m?n?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o?men.tum/, [??m?n?t?um]

Noun

?mentum n (genitive ?ment?); second declension

1. (anatomy) The adipose membrane which encloses the bowels.
2. The bowels
3. (anatomy) Any membrane which envelops an internal part of the body

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• ? Catalan: oment
• ? English: omentum
• ? Italian: omento
• ? Spanish: omento

References

• omentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• omentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• omentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

omentum +? -al

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Adjective

omental (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an omentum or the omenta.

Anagrams

• Almonte, Lamonte, Telamon, lomenta, telamon

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omen?tal/, [o.m?n??t?al]

Adjective

omental (plural omentales)

1. omental