caul


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Synonyms for caul

part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines

the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

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Although en caul births are exceedingly rare, we provide here clinical guidelines covering the scope of emergent management and treatment of possible complications of en caul birth.
I helped a baby being born in the caul, the parents opened it up, it was magic to be a witness to that special occasion.
(52) CAUL, D42/PR4/33/1, The New Franconia brochure, Cunard, 1923.
If it's designed to spread damping pressure over a wide area, you can call it a caul.
OVER THE BORDER Neil Caul who has joined Harrison and Hetherington to develop sales in Scotland
Repeat process with remaining roulades and caul fat.
It could be subtitled "The Curse of the Tom Caul" as this circumstance of his birth surfaces many times throughout the book as his family tries to understand and explain the wild antics of their boy.
Terri Dunning and Sophie Caul will be flying the flag for the City of Birmingham are being chosen for the British squad in next months' European Short Course Championship.
At its meeting in March 2001 the Council of Australian State Libraries (Casl) endorsed and supported the use of the Information literacy standards published by the Council of Australian University Librarians (Caul) in January 2001 (www.caul.edu.au).
Shine at Belfast's Queens University is the venue on Saturday, September 1, when he'll headline with warm-up DJs Spring and Belfast's own Chris Caul.
The method was based on an enclosed caul plate system that trapped the gas stream containing the VOCs emitted during board pressing.
As a matter of fact there are times when I am apt To feel it close in tight against my sense Like a caul in which I was born and still am wrapped.