Crossword clues for mesocolon
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mesocolon
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
mesocolon
n. (context anatomy English) The part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall
WordNet
mesocolon
n. mesentery that holds the lower colon the back 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.