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mesenterium

mesenterium

English

Noun

mesenterium ‎(plural mesenteria)

(anatomy) The mesentery.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.5.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 m (definite singular mesenteriet; indefinite plural mesenterier; definite plural mesenteria/mesenteriene)

mesentery