‖ mesogaster Anat.
(mɛsəʊˈgæstə(r))
[mod.L., f. Gr. µέσο-ς middle + γαστήρ stomach.]
A membrane, part of the mesentery, which attaches the stomach to the dorsal wall of the abdomen. Hence mesoˈgastral a., pertaining to the mesogaster (in recent Dicts.).
| 1807 Home in Phil. Trans. XCVII. 161 The pyloric [portion] is bent upwards and retained in that situation by the mesogaster. 1884 T. J. Parker Zootomy 297 The mesogaster, or sheet of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. |