‖ mesaræum Anat. ? Obs.
(mɛsəˈriːəm)
Also 7 mezereum. Also after the Gr. form, 6 mesareon, 9 mesaraion.
[med.L., a. Gr. µεσάραιον, f. µέσον middle + ἀραιά flank, belly.]
= mesentery 1.
| 1594 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 353 The mesentery..is also called by some mesareon... Others take mesareon to be the highest part of the mesentery. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 517 The humour..which is in the ventricle, intestines, and mezereum. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Mesaræum, is also used in a more restrained sense for a part, or division of the mesentery; being that fastened to the small guts. 1890 Syd. Soc. Lex., Mesaraion. |