‖ mesogastrium Anat.
(mɛsəʊˈgæstrɪəm)
Also (anglicized) mesogastry (-gæstrɪ).
[mod.L., f. Gr. µέσο-ς middle + γαστρ-, γαστήρ stomach.]
1. The umbilical region of the abdomen, between the epigastrium and the hypogastrium.
| 1855 in Ogilvie. |
2. = mesogaster.
| 1846 Owen Vertebr. Anim. i. Fishes ix. 241 There are two parallel mesogastries in the Eel. 1878 Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 565 The changes of the mesogastrium. |