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omphalo-mesenteric, a. Anat.|ˌɒmfələʊmɛsənˈtɛrɪk|
[f. omphalo- + mesenteric.]
Pertaining to, or connecting, the navel and the mesentery.
Applied to the first blood-vessels (veins and arteries) developed in the embryo of vertebrates, which pass from the umbilical vesicle into the body of the embryo; also to a duct representing the part of the yolk-sac within the body-cavity when persistent..after birth (also called vitelline duct).
1727–41in Chambers Cycl. 1797Cruikshank in Phil. Trans. LXXXVII. 204 The omphalo-mesenteric artery was very distinct. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 710 The persistence of the omphalo-mesenteric or vitelline duct. |