See Also: epiploic foramen(medicine)
epiploic(dictionary)
epiploic(medicine)
epiploic appendix(medicine)
epiploic appendage(medicine)
epiploic branches(medicine)
epiploic tags(medicine)
Foramen(medicine)
Foramen(health)
great foramen(medicine)

VC (oh) and epiploic foramen (medicine)


VC (oh)



n [C]
Victoria Cross a special medal given to members of the British armed forces who have performed acts of very great bravery in war. The VC is the highest British military honour.
AmE informal an abbreviation of Viet Cong

epiploic foramen (medicine)


epiploic foramen


The passage, below and behind the portal hepatis, connecting the two sacs of the peritoneum; it is bounded anteriorly by the hepatoduodenal ligament and posteriorly by a peritoneal fold over the inferior vena cava.

Synonym: foramen omentale, foramen epiploicum, aditus ad saccum peritonei minorem, Duverney's foramen, Winslow's foramen.