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mesenteria

mesenteria is the plural of mesenterium.

Meaning of mesenterium

Noun

mesenterium (plural mesenteria)

  1. The mesentery.
    • The mesenterium, or midriff, diaphragma, is a cause, which the Greeks called φρένες, because by his inflammation the mind is much troubled with convulsions and dotage.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section...

Questions about mesenteria

What is mesenteria the plural of?
Mesenteria is the plural of mesenterium.

Words near mesenteria in the dictionary

  1. mesengenic
  2. mesenko
  3. mesenphalic
  4. mesentera
  5. mesenterectomy
  6. mesenteria
  7. mesenterial
  8. mesenterially
  9. mesenteric
  10. mesenteric arteries
  11. mesenteric artery

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