mesogastrium

[mez-uh-gas-tree-uhm, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh-]

noun

Anatomy.

plural

mesogastria 

1. the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.

mesogastrium

/ ˌmɛsəʊˈɡæstrɪəm /

noun

1. the mesentery supporting the embryonic stomach

Other Word Forms

• mesogastric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mesogastrium¹

1850–55; < New Latin, equivalent to meso- meso- + Greek gastr-, stem of gastḗr belly + New Latin -ium -ium

Example Sentences

Albrecht mentions a case shown at a meeting of the Vienna Medical Society of a very large number of spleens found in the mesogastrium, peritoneum, on the mesentery and transverse mesocolon, in Douglas' pouch, etc.

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According to the review of this article, Toldt explains the case by assuming that other parts of the celomic epithelium, besides that of the mesogastrium, are capable of forming splenic tissue.

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