Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mesentery.
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- noun anatomy The
mesentery .
Etymologies
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From Late Latin mesenterium and its source, Ancient Greek μεσεντέριον.
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Examples
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In the midst of these guts is situated the mesenterium or midriff, composed of many veins, arteries, and much fat, serving chiefly to sustain the guts.
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The mesenterium, or midriff, diaphragma, is a cause which the
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Others assign the mesenterium or midriff distempered by heat, the womb misaffected, stopping of haemorrhoids, with many such.
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The mesentery proper (mesenterium) is the broad, fan-shaped fold of peritoneum which connects the convolutions of the jejunum and ileum with the posterior wall of the abdomen.
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