Relating to or involving both the stomach and the epiploic tissue, which is the fatty membrane that hangs from the stomach and covers other organs.
From gastro- (stomach) + epiploic (from Greek epiplokē, meaning 'folded upon'). The epiploic tissue was named for how it folds and drapes across the abdominal organs.
The epiploic tissue is so important that it's often called the 'policeman of the abdomen' because it actually wraps around infected areas to try to contain them!
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