mesentericaladj.
/ˌmɛs(ə)nˈtɛrᵻkl/, /ˌmɛz(ə)nˈtɛrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌmɛzənˈtɛrək(ə)l/, /ˌmɛsənˈtɛrək(ə)l/ Anatomy and Zoology. rare.
Mesenteric; mesenterial.
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mesaraica1400
zirbal?a1425
mesaraical1569
meserenical1578
mesenterial1605
mesenteric1615
mesenterical1615
epiploic1656
omental1739
peritoneal1766
omphalomesenteric1797
mesocolic1825
intraperitoneal1835
retroperitoneal1835
mesogastric1843
mesenteriform1846
pleuroperitoneal1870
mesoarial1875
transperitoneal1891
transperitone1899
ventriculoperitoneal1913
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια iii. ii. 98 They are sprinkled with so many Arteries from the Caeliacall & mesenterical branches to giue them life.
1654 S. Ward Vindiciæ Academiarum 35 And this is the reason, that the discoveries of the circulation of the blood, of the venæ lacteæ, both Mesentericall and Thoracicall,..&c. have not made an alteration in the practice of Physick, answerable to the advantage they have given to the Theory.
1889 Amer. Naturalist 23 181 A possible development of the cœloma of higher animals from the mesenterical space of an actinian.
1992 Romanian Jrnl. Morphol. & Embryol. 38 155 A..tumour, involving 20 cm of the jejunoileal wall and also the surrounding mesenterium up to the origin of upper mesenterical vessels and lymph nodes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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