caul
Kelime Anlamı :

1. cenin zarı.
2. file başlık.
3. mukoza.
4. yeni doğan çocuğun başı etrafında bulunan ve uğur getirdiğine inanılan zar.
5. Doğum sırasında yırtılması gereken amniyon kesesinin, yırtılmayarak çocuğun başı çevresinde mevcudiyetini devam ettirmesi, dölüt (fetus) zarı.
6. file baslik.
Tanımlar :
1. A portion of the amnion, especially when it covers the head of a fetus at birth. also called pileus.
2. see greater omentum.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. the surface of a press that makes contact with panel product, especially a removable plate or sheet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
2. the fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. see omentum.
3. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth; -- called also a veil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)
2. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.