mesenterium

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɛsənˈtɛɹɪ.əm/

Noun

mesenterium (plural mesenteria)

1. (anatomy) The mesentery.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 5, subsection ii:

     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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mesenterium n (definite singular mesenteriet, indefinite plural mesenterier, definite plural mesenteria or mesenteriene)

1. mesentery

Synonyms

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