non-epiploic
|non-ep-ip-lo-ic|
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/nɑnˌɛpɪˈploʊɪk/
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/nɒnˌɛpɪˈpləʊɪk/
not relating to the omentum
Etymology
'non-epiploic' originates from English, specifically combining the prefix 'non-' (from Latin 'non') and 'epiploic' (from Greek 'epiploön' / 'epiploos'), where 'non-' meant 'not' and 'epiploön' meant 'omentum' or 'upon the omentum'.
'epiploic' entered medical English via Greek 'epiploön' (ἐπίπλοον) through Late Latin/Neo-Latin medical usage and became 'epiploic' in modern English; the negative prefix 'non-' (from Latin 'non') has long been used in English to form compound adjectives such as 'non-epiploic'.
Initially, the root 'epiploic' meant 'pertaining to the omentum'; when combined with the prefix 'non-' it acquired the straightforward negative meaning 'not pertaining to the omentum' used in modern medical descriptions.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
not epiploic; not relating to the epiploic appendages or to the omentum (omentum = peritoneal fold sometimes called the epiploon). Used in medical contexts to indicate that a structure or lesion does not arise from or pertain to the epiploic/omental tissue.
The surgical report noted that the lesion was non-epiploic and likely originated from the retroperitoneum.
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