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Answer for the clue "Mesentery that holds the lower colon the back abdominal wall ", 9 letters:
mesocolon

Word definitions for mesocolon in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. mesentery that holds the lower colon the back abdominal wall

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mesocolon \Mes`o*co"lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; me`sos middle + ? the colon : cf. F. m['e]soc[^o]lon.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the colon. -- Mes`o*col"ic , a.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall

Usage examples of mesocolon.

Young speaks of a fetus which lay encysted between the laminae of the transverse mesocolon, and Highmore published a report of a fetus in a cyst communicating with the duodenum.