Mesentery definition
An example of the mesentery is the peritoneum.
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Noun
Origin of mesentery
- Middle English mesenterie from Medieval Latin mesenterium from Greek mesenterion meso- meso- enterion diminutive of enteron entrails en in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek μέσος (mesos, “middle") + ἔντερον (enteron, “gut")
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