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mesenterium

UK/mɛsənˈtɛɹɪ.əm/

mesenterium noun: the mesentery.

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...

Forms of mesenterium

pluralmesenteria

Origin of mesenterium

From Late Latin mesenterium and its source, Ancient Greek μεσεντέριον (mesentérion).

Questions about mesenterium

What does mesenterium mean?
Mesenterium means the mesentery.
What part of speech is mesenterium?
Mesenterium is a noun.
How do you pronounce mesenterium?
Mesenterium is pronounced /mɛsənˈtɛɹɪ.əm/ (UK).
What is the plural of mesenterium?
The plural of mesenterium is mesenteria.

Words near mesenterium in the dictionary

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

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