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