abdominal pouch
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pouch — A pocket or cul de sac. SEE ALSO: fossa, recess, sac. antral p. a p. made in the antrum of the stomach of experimental animals. branchial pouches SYN: pharyngeal pouches. Broca p. SYN: puden … Medical dictionary
pouch — noun 1》 a small flexible bag. ↘a lockable bag for mail or dispatches. 2》 a pocket like abdominal receptacle in which marsupials carry their young during lactation. 3》 any of a number of similar animal structures, such as those in the cheeks… … English new terms dictionary
Recto-uterine pouch — Sagittal section of the lower part of a female trunk, right segment. (Excavatio recto uterina labeled at bottom right.) … Wikipedia
Indiana pouch — An Indiana pouch is a surgically created urinary diversion used to create a way for the body to store and eliminate urine for patients who have had their urinary bladders removed as a result of bladder cancer, pelvic exenteration, bladder… … Wikipedia
abdominovesical pouch — the pouch formed by reflection of the peritoneum from the anterior abdominal wall to the distended bladder … Medical dictionary
marsupium — 1. SYN: scrotum. 2. A pouch or sac; e.g., in marsupials. [L. pouch] * * * mar·su·pi·um mär sü pē əm n, pl pia pē ə an abdominal pouch formed by a fold of the skin and enclosing the mammary glands of most marsupials * * * mar·su·pi·um (mahr sooґpe … Medical dictionary
opossum — /euh pos euhm, pos euhm/, n., pl. opossums, (esp. collectively) opossum. 1. a prehensile tailed marsupial, Didelphis virginiana, of the eastern U.S., the female having an abdominal pouch in which its young are carried: noted for the habit of… … Universalium
marsupial — 1. A member of the order Marsupalia, which includes such mammals as kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, and opossums, the female of which has an abdominal pouch for carrying the young. 2. Of or pertaining to marsupials. [L. marsupium, a pouch] * * *… … Medical dictionary
