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Meaning of "mesentery" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MESENTERY

From New Latin mesenterium.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MESENTERY

mesentery  [ˈmɛsəntərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESENTERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mesentery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MESENTERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mesentery

Mesentery

In anatomy, the mesentery is the double layer of peritoneum that suspends the jejunum and ileum from the posterior wall of the abdomen. Its meaning, however, is frequently extended to include double layers of peritoneum connecting various components of the abdominal cavity.

Definition of mesentery in the English dictionary

The definition of mesentery in the dictionary is the double layer of peritoneum that is attached to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports most of the small intestine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESENTERY


commentary
ˈkɒməntərɪ
complementary
ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntərɪ
complimentary
ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntərɪ
documentary
ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪ
elementary
ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ
fragmentary
ˈfræɡməntərɪ
inventory
ˈɪnvəntərɪ
involuntary
ɪnˈvɒləntərɪ
lientery
ˈlaɪəntərɪ
ligamentary
ˌlɪɡəˈməntərɪ
momentary
ˈməʊməntərɪ
nonvoluntary
ˌnɒnˈvɒləntərɪ
pigmentary
ˈpɪɡməntərɪ
promontory
ˈprɒməntərɪ
sedentary
ˈsɛdəntərɪ
segmentary
ˈsɛɡməntərɪ
semisedentary
ˌsɛmɪˈsɛdəntərɪ
supplementary
ˌsʌplɪˈmɛntərɪ
unguentary
ˈʌŋɡwəntərɪ
voluntary
ˈvɒləntərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESENTERY

mese
meseemed
meseems
mesel
meseled
mesembryanthemum
mesencephala
mesencephalic
mesencephalon
mesenchymal
mesenchymatous
mesenchyme
mesentera
mesenterial
mesenteric
mesenteries
mesenteritis
mesenteron
mesenteronic
meseta

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESENTERY

adultery
amoebic dysentery
artery
battery
cemetery
dysentery
eatery
effrontery
lottery
mastery
monastery
mystery
pottery
printery
sintery
splintery
upholstery
vauntery
watery
wintery

Synonyms and antonyms of mesentery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mesentery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MESENTERY

Find out the translation of mesentery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mesentery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mesentery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肠系膜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mesenterio
570 millions of speakers

English

mesentery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अन्त्रपेशी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مساريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

брыжейки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mesentério
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mesentery
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mésentère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mesentery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gekröse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腸間膜
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장간막
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mesentery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trường mạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடுமடிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेसेंट्री
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mesenter
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mesentere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krezki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

брижі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mezenter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεσεντέριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mesenterium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tarmkäx
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mesentery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mesentery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESENTERY»

The term «mesentery» is regularly used and occupies the 77.627 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MESENTERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mesentery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mesentery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mesentery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESENTERY»

Discover the use of mesentery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mesentery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Johns Hopkins Atlas of Human Functional Anatomy
Fairly early in embryologic development the caudal portion of the ventral mesentery disappears, and there is free communication between the right and left portions of the abdominal cavity. The cranial portion of the ventral mesentery persists, ...
Leon Schlossberg, George D. Zuidema, 1997
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Clinical Anatomy by Regions
From the Visceral Peritoneum The visceral peritoneum, including the mesenteries, is innervated by autonomic afferent nerves. Stretch caused by overdistension of a viscus or pulling on a mesentery gives rise to the sensation of pain. The sites ...
Richard S. Snell, 2011
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Thieme Atlas of Anatomy: Neck and Internal Organs
Diaphragm I sophaqus Omental bursa Pancreas Abdominal aorta Duodenum Mesentery Parietal peritoneum Mesentery Peritoneal cavity Peritoneum, parietal layer Peritoneum, visceral layer Jejunum and ileum Rectovesical pouch Bladder  ...
Lawrence M. Ross, Edward D. Lamperti, 2006
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Color Atlas of Embryology
The arterial trunks originate from the aorta and lie in the dorsal mesentery. The veins travel to the liver along the ventral mesentery. The vitelline and placental circulations (— » 6.1) arise from the vessels of the yolk sac and allantois associated ...
Ulrich Drews, 1995
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Advanced Therapy in Minimally Invasive Surgery
the occasional patient who exhibits a large amount of adipose tissue within the mesentery of the small intestine, the retraction of the small intestine and its mesentery may not be completely contained within the right hemiabdomen owing to the ...
Mark A. Talamini, 2006
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Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Above and below the gut, the walls of the hypomere form a double-layered membrane, the primary mesentery. The portion of the mesentery between the dorsal body wall and the gut is the dorsal mesentery and that below the gut is the ventral ...
Marvalee H. Wake, 1992
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Clinical Imaging of the Small Intestine
Chapter Contents Length of Small Bowel The Mesentery Distribution of Loops Bowel Wall Small Bowel Folds Villi Superior Mesenteric Artery The Enteric Nervous System The following description of small intestinal anatomy mostly relates to ...
Hans Herlinger, Dean Maglinte, Bernard A. Birnbaum, 2001
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Dynamic Radiology of the Abdomen: Normal and Pathologic Anatomy
From the root, the mesentery extends in a series offanlike ruffles to suspend the jejunum and ileum. There are usually six main folds, from the margins ofwhich secondary folds project in all directions, and from those again even a third series  ...
Morton A. Meyers, 2006
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Vertebrates
Embryologically, a dorsal mesentery suspends viscera from the dorsal body wall, and a ventral mesentery connects the primitive gut with the ventral body wall. As development proceeds, most of the ventral mesentery degenerates. The greater ...
Norman K. Wessels, Elizabeth M. Center, 1992
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Meyers' Dynamic Radiology of the Abdomen: Normal and ...
The mesentery of the small intestine consists of two peritoneal layers suspending the jejunum and ileum in the peritoneal cavity. The root of the mesentery (about 15 cm in length) is formed from the posterior peritoneal layer covering the ...
Morton A. Meyers, MD, FACR, FACG, Chusilp Charnsangavej, MD, FSIR, Michael Oliphant, MD, FACR, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESENTERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mesentery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tuning up FALCs: immunological shielding in the body cavities
FALCs are non-classical SLOs that develop within adipose tissues underlying serous membranes such as the mesentery. The generation of ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
In death of daughter, 2, no jail time for Va. woman
The tearing of the mesentery tissue is what killed the child, according to doctors at Snead's trial. “Since this event, you have moved to Norfolk ... «Delmarva Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
Chronic ileocolic intussusception due to transmural infiltration of …
... laparotomy was performed, which showed unreducible ileocolic intussusception with a marked edematous ileum and mesentery. Ileocecal ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
4
The Deep-Sea Coral That Is Older and More Awesome Than David …
One mesentery and one spine. Screen Shot 2015-07-15 at 10.25.02 PM The new species is christened Leiopathes annosa (annosa is Latin for ... «Deep-Sea News, Jul 15»
5
Intuitive Surgical Brings Stapler Instrumentation to da Vinci Robotic …
Currently, stapler reloads that are white (thin tissue such as vasculature and mesentery), blue (medium-thickness tissue such as colon), and ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
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Updated: 15 mins ago
“Multiple liver lacerations, her pancreas was lacerated, she had a lacerated mesentery, which I believe holds all the organs together,” said ... «WRBL, Jul 15»
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NASA doctors studying travel that can take toll on organs, skin, bones
The liver hangs off a piece of tissue called the mesentery, but without gravity, the liver and that piece of tissue are no longer being pulled down. «Dallas Morning News, Jun 15»
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Carcinoid Heart Disease
... cholecystectomy, distal pancreatectomy, and splenectomy with metastatic disease in her pancreas, mesentery, and liver. She had been treated with octreotide, ... «Medscape, Jun 15»
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Sepsis caused by Listeria monocytogenes during chemotherapy for …
Abdominal CT revealed mild ascites and prominent irregular granular shadows of the greater omentum and the mesentery (Figure 2b), ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
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Suspected BSE case threatens Ireland's new disease status
... potentially infected animals, is removed from all slaughtered bovines of differing ages as follows: All ages: tonsils, intestines and mesentery ... «FG Insight, Jun 15»

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