extra-epiploic
|ex-tra-e-pip-lo-ic|
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/ˌɛkstrəˌɛpɪˈploʊɪk/
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/ˌekstrəˌɛpɪˈplɔɪɪk/
outside the omentum / epiploic appendages
Etymology
'extra-epiploic' originates from Latin and Greek: the prefix 'extra-' (Latin) meaning 'outside' and Greek 'epiploon/epiploos' (ἐπιπλουν) meaning 'omentum' (the fatty apron of the abdomen).
'epiploic' derives from Greek 'epiploon' (ἐπίπλουν) → Late/Medieval Latin 'epiploon'/'epiploōn' → New Latin/Modern scientific Latin 'epiploicus' → English 'epiploic'. The prefix 'extra-' comes directly from Latin 'extra'. Combined in modern medical English as 'extra-epiploic'.
Originally the root referred specifically to the omentum or structures 'on the omentum'; over time 'epiploic' became the technical adjective for structures related to the epiploic appendages, and 'extra-epiploic' came to mean 'situated outside those epiploic structures'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
located outside or external to the epiploic appendages or omentum (i.e., situated beyond the epiploic structures of the colon/omentum).
The scan revealed an extra-epiploic fatty deposit adjacent to the sigmoid colon.
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Last updated: 2025/10/16 13:27