mesenteric, a.
(mɛsɛnˈtɛrɪk)
[ad. mod.L. mesentericus, f. mesenterium mesentery: see -ic.]
Pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the mesentery.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr. s.v. Artery, Mesenterique Arteries, are two, an upper, which distributes it self among the small guts, and an under one, which goes to the lower part of the Mesentery. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 129 The Bark..being the cause of..Mesenteric Obstructions. 1836 J. M. Gully Magendie's Formul. (ed. 2) 105 M. Brera is not the only one who has given iodine in mesenteric disease. |
So † mesenˈterical a. Hence mesenˈterically adv., like the mesentery.
| 1664 Power Exp. Philos. iii. 191 The Mesenterical and Thoracical Lacteae. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Nat. 130 Bolton and Micheli represent the pileus as cellular, like a honeycomb. All that I have seen are mesenterically puckered. |