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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
mesentery n 1: a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Mesentery \Mes"en*ter*y\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. mesente`rion, me`sos + 'e`nteron intestine: cf. F. m['e]sent[`e]re.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers. [1913 Webster] | ||
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