noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɛs.ən.təɹ.i/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɛs.ən.tɹi/
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General-American:/ˈmɛz.ənˌtɛɹ.i/
General-American:/ˈmɛs.ənˌtɛɹ.i/
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noun
Meaning 1
The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: peritoneum
Narrower terms: mesocolon
History
Etymology
From Late Latin mesenterium, from Ancient Greek μεσεντέρῐον (mesentérĭon), from μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + ἔντερον (énteron, “gut”).
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
аԥакьалҵӷа
(apakjʼalcʼğa)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Arabic:
مِسْرَاق
(misrāq)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Armenian:
միջընդերք
(miǰənderkʻ)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Basque:
mesenterio
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Belarusian:
брыжейка
(bryžjejka)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Belarusian:
аточына
(atóčyna)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Bulgarian:
було
(bulo)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Catalan:
mesenteri
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Chinese Cantonese:
腸繫膜 /肠系膜
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Chinese:
腸間膜 /肠间膜
(tn̂g-kan-mo̍͘h)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Chinese Mandarin:
腸繫膜 /肠系膜
(chángxìmó)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Czech:
okruží
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Danish:
tarmkrøs
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Dutch:
darmvlies
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Finnish:
suolilieve
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
French:
mésentère
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Galician:
touca
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Galician:
mesenterio
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
German:
Gekröse
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Greek:
μεσεντέριο
(mesentério)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Ancient Greek:
μεσεντέριον
(mesentérion)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Hebrew:
מִתְלֵה הַמְּעִי
(mitlé ham'í)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Hungarian:
bélfodor
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Icelandic:
garnahengi
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Ido:
mezentero
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Indonesian:
mesenteri
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Interlingua:
mesenterio
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Irish:
méiseintre
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Italian:
mesentere
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Japanese:
腸間膜
(chōkanmaku)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Kazakh:
шажырқай
(şajyrqai)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Khmer:
អន្តគុណ
(ʼɑɑntɑɑkun)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Latin:
mesenterium
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Latvian:
taukplēve
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Lithuanian:
pasaitas
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Lombard:
mesenter
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Macedonian:
мезентериј
(mezenterij)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Malayalam:
മെസന്ററി
(mesanṟaṟi)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Manx:
muinney
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Marathi:
मेसेन्टरी
(mesenṭarī)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Navajo:
akʼahłání
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Norwegian Bokmål:
krøs
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Norwegian Bokmål:
mesenterium
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
krøs
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Pali:
antaguṇa
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Polish:
krezka
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Portuguese:
mesentério
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Romanian:
mezenter
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Russian:
брыже́йка
(bryžéjka)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Russian:
мезенте́рий
(mezentérij)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Scottish Gaelic:
lìon a' mhionaich
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Serbo-Croatian:
мезѐнте̄рӣј
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Serbo-Croatian:
mezèntērīj
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Slovak:
okružie
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Lower Sorbian:
drob
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Spanish:
mesenterio
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Spanish:
entresijo
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Swedish:
tarmkäx
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Tagalog:
dalambituka
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Thai:
เยื่อแขวนลําไส้
(yêua kwăen lam sâi)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Ukrainian:
бри́жа
(brýža)
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Vietnamese:
màng treo ruột
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen
Welsh:
mesenteri
— the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen