epiploic, a. Anat.
(ɛpɪˈpləʊɪk)
[f. next + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to the epiploön or omentum.
| 1656–81 Blount Glossogr. s.v. Veine, Dexter Epiploick veine, the second branch of the spleen veine. 1731–6 in Bailey. 1830 R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 98 Examples of those prolongations are seen in the omentum and epiploic appendages. |