mesogastrium

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From meso- (“middle”) and Latin gaster (“belly”).

Noun[edit]

mesogastrium (plural mesogastria or mesogastriums)

  1. (anatomy) The part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach
    • 2015 November 14, “Detection and Characterization of Metastatic Cancer Cells in the Mesogastrium of Gastric Cancer Patients”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The mesogastriums were extracted en bloc from the stomach, straightened and measured for their length and width.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mesogastrium&oldid=78214284"