mesentery

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines

From Late Latin mesenterium, from Ancient Greek μεσεντέρῐον (mesentérĭon), from μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + ἔντερον (énteron, “gut”).

The mesentery, like an abbot’s The spittle, like a shuttle. mitre. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
The juice,[234] by which we are nourished, being separated from the rest of the food, passes the stomach and intestines to the liver, through open and direct passages, which lead from the mesentery to the gates of the liver (for so they call those vessels at the entrance of it). — Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth, Marcus Tullius Cicero

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