different between panniculus vs omentum

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?], diminutive of pannus (“cloth”).

Noun

panniculus (countable and uncountable, plural panniculi)

1. (anatomy) A dense layer of fatty tissue growth, consisting of subcutaneous fat in the lower abdominal area.
2. A thin, sheet-like investment.

Translations

See also

• pannus
• panniculus adiposus
• panniculus carnosus

Anagrams

• sipunculan

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