mesocaecumn.
/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈsiːk(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈsikəm/; see also meso- comb. form. Anatomy.
The mesentery of the caecum (only occasionally present in the adult human).
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caul1382
siphac1398
zirbusa1400
womb cloutc1400
mesentery?a1425
omentum?a1425
peritoneum?a1425
paunch clout1440
epiploön?1541
mesenterium?1541
mesaraeum1543
rim1565
kell1578
rind1585
belly-piece1591
coif1597
cell1607
reticulum1615
mesocolon1684
mesogaster1807
mesocaecum1835
ruffle1846
mesogastrium1848
mid-gut1875
mesovarium1882
mesocyst1890
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 14/2 On the right side..it [sc. the peritoneum] sometimes forms a fold termed mesocæcum.
1858 H. Gray Anat. 602 The Meso-Cæcum..serves to connect the back part of the cæcum with the right iliac fossa.
1868 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 158 250 The small intestine [lies] along its inner margin enclosed in the layers of the mesocæcum for the distance of about 7½ inches.
1985 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82 3830/1 Perfusion studies were performed in the isolated..rat mesoappendix (mesocecum).
1994 Biorheology 31 105 Acute denervated mesocecum (n=20) was isolated..and modified for the infusion of erythrocytes.
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1844 W. H. Walshe tr. P. C. A. Louis Res. Phthisis i. iv. 96 The meso-cæcal glands were somewhat less often tuberculous than those of the mesentery.
1890 Cent. Dict. Mesocæcal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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