caul /ˈkɔl/
胎膜
caul /ˈkɔl/ 名詞
大網膜,胎頭羊膜
Caul n.
1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net.
2. Anat. The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum.
The caul serves for the warming of the lower belly. --Ray.
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.
It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning . . . According to Chrysostom, the midwives frequently sold it for magic uses. --Grose.
I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. --Dickens.
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caul
n 1: part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the
colon and covering the intestines [syn: greater omentum,
gastrocolic omentum]
2: the inner embryonic membrane of higher vertebrates
(especially when covering the head at birth) [syn: veil,
embryonic membrane]
Caul
(Heb. yothe'reth; i.e., "something redundant"), the membrane
which covers the upper part of the liver (Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev.
3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; marg., "midriff"). In Hos. 13:8 (Heb.
seghor; i.e., "an enclosure") the pericardium, or parts about
the heart, is meant.