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mesentery

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.ən.təɹ.i/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.ən.tɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈmɛz.ənˌtɛɹ.i/
  • General-American: /ˈmɛs.ənˌtɛɹ.i/

1

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

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