The Global Distribution System (GDS) is a primary reservation tool for travel agents. And unless you are brand new to the travel business, you probably have used the GDS many times during each work day.
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The basic word is the Latin haustrum meaning a bucket or scoop. The connection is pretty obvious. Epiploic is an adjective taken from the Greek word epiploon meaning that which we (and the Latin writers) call the omentum. The Greek root. epipleo signifies to float upon - as the omentum floats upon the abdominal contents. The terms appendices epiploica and epiploic appendages are acceptable Latin and English terms describing the small fatty masses attached to the colon. Figs of Fiacre â Saint Fiacre was a sixth century Irish missionary monk who lived in Italy.