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mesentery

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Main Entry:
mes·en·tery 
          Listen to the pronunciation of mesentery
Pronunciation:
\ˈme-zən-ˌter-ē, -sən-\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural mes·en·ter·ies
Etymology:
Middle English mesenterie, from Medieval Latin mesenterion, from Greek, from mes- + enteron intestine — more at inter-
Date:
15th century
1 a: one or more vertebrate membranes that consist of a double fold of the peritoneum and invest the intestines and their appendages and connect them with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity b: a fold of membrane comparable to a mesentery and supporting a viscus (as the heart) that is not a part of the digestive tract2: a support or partition in an invertebrate like the vertebrate mesentery
mes·en·ter·ic 
          Listen to the pronunciation of mesenteric \ˌme-zən-ˈter-ik, -sən-\ adjective


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