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mesenteries

mesenteries is the plural of mesentery.

Meaning of mesentery

Noun

mesentery (plural mesenteries)

  1. The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.

Questions about mesenteries

What is mesenteries the plural of?
Mesenteries is the plural of mesentery.

Words near mesenteries in the dictionary

  1. mesenterical
  2. mesenterically
  3. mesentericin
  4. mesenterick
  5. mesentericoportal
  6. mesenteries
  7. mesenteritis
  8. mesenterium
  9. mesenteron
  10. mesenteronal
  11. mesentery

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