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absent falciform ligament  
missing the broad and thin, sickle-shaped peritoneal ligament that attaches the liver to the anterior body wall and is a remnant of the ventral mesentery of the fetus; normally, it is situated in an anteroposterior plane but lies obliquely so that one surface faces forward and is in contact with the peritoneum behind the right rectus abdominis and the diaphragm, while the other is directed backwards and is in contact with the left lobe of the liver

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: absent ligamentum falciforme hepatis ;   absent liver falciform ligament
Definition Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falciform_ligament, https://radiopaedia.org/articles/falciform-ligament, UBERON:0001247

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