Recent Examples on the WebThe vaccine would then attack the parasites in the mosquitoes’ midguts, making them unable to infect anyone else.BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2019 On the seventh day of this process, Vignuzzi and his postdoc Kenneth Stapleford dissected the mosquitoes, extracting virus from the midgut, salivary glands and saliva, and sequencing the viruses found in each sample.Quanta Magazine, 25 Aug. 2015 In addition, the scientists found that these trilobites’ digestive systems included a midgut gland, which in modern arthropods is typically found in predators.National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2017
Word History
First Known Use
1875, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
midgut
noun
mid·gut ˈmid-ˌgət
1
: the middle part of the digestive tract of a vertebrate embryo that in humans gives rise to the more distal part of the duodenum and to the jejunum, ileum, cecum and appendix, ascending colon, and much of the transverse colon
2
: the mesodermal intermediate part of the intestine of an invertebrate animal