mesenteric
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- adjective
- /ˌmɛsənˈtɛrɪk/
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mesentérico
- Blood is a hot, sweet, temperate, red humor, prepared in the mesenteric veins, and made of the most temperate parts of the chylus in the liver, whose office is to nourish the whole body, to give it strength and color, being dispersed by the veins through every part of it.
- mesenteric lymph
- mesenteric lymph nodes
- mesenteric artery
Paratomic mesenteric ischemia is very painful.
- Paratomic mesenteric ischemia is very painful.
Examples
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The surgeon explained that the mesenteric tissue plays a crucial role in supporting the intestines during surgery.
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It is due to a viral infection, which causes swelling and inflammation of the mesenteric glands around the bowel.
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Very pink and pretty, with all the mesenteric vessels in good shape.
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That last bullet that missed your mesenteric artery.
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Paratomic mesenteric ischemia is very painful.
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The bullet severed my superior mesenteric artery.
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Once the initial assessment and prolonged immobilization associated with mesenteric vasoconstriction, there was a significant incidence.
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A CT scan of the abdomen showed diffuse mesenteric adenopathy.
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The patient is suffering from a superior mesenteric insufficiency, resulting in a loss of blood to the lower colon, necrosis, and a steatorrheic stool.
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Children will have a short history, and if the mesenteric glands are swollen, they may well have swollen cervical glands to match; finding these can help explain the likely diagnosis to the parent.
Academic text (2014)
Compounds
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A large blood vessel that carries blood from the aorta to the intestines through the mesentery
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A large blood vessel from the aorta that sends blood to the small intestine and part of the colon
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A vein that carries blood from the intestines through the tissue that holds them to the portal vein
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A blood vessel that branches from the lower main blood vessel in the belly to supply the large intestine
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Nerves in the thin tissue that holds the intestines and help control digestion
Surface Forms
Morphology
mesenteric = mesentery (transparent) = mesenter + ic
Standard adjectival formation from the noun 'mesentery'; the meaning 'relating to the mesentery' follows directly.
Etymology
Mesenteric comes from Greek parts meso- meaning 'middle' and enter- meaning 'intestine'. So mesenteric describes the fold of tissue that sits in the middle and holds the intestines in place.