mesenterium

From Late Latin mesenterium and its source, Ancient Greek μεσεντέριον (mesentérion).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɛsənˈtɛɹɪ.əm/

mesenterium (plural mesenteria)

1. (anatomy) The mesentery.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition I, section 2, member 5, subsection ii:

     The mesenterium, or midriff, diaphragma, is a cause, which the Greeks called φρένες, because by his inflammation the mind is much troubled with convulsions and dotage.

mesenterium n (definite singular mesenteriet, indefinite plural mesenterier, definite plural mesenteria or mesenteriene)

1. mesentery

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