Caul: cowl (1) The amnion, either as a piece of membrane capping the baby's head at birth or the whole membrane when delivered unruptured with the baby. SYN: galea (4), veil (2), velum (2). (2) SYN: greater omentum. [Gaelic, call, a veil]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Caul: part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - WordNet 2.1
The following list attempts to classify Caul into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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