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mesocolon

[ mez-uh-koh-luhn, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]

noun

Anatomy.
plural mesocolons, mesocola
  1. the mesentery of the colon.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mesocolon1

First recorded in 1685–95; meso- + colon 2
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Young speaks of a fetus which lay encysted between the laminae of the transverse mesocolon, and Highmore published a report of a fetus in a cyst communicating with the duodenum.

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The other half of the fork was found to be closely enveloped by the origin of the mesocolon, which was red, hard, and inflamed.

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It is impossible to comprehend this extent of straightening of the intestine without great twisting of the mesocolon.

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Albrecht mentions a case shown at a meeting of the Vienna Medical Society of a very large number of spleens found in the mesogastrium, peritoneum, on the mesentery and transverse mesocolon, in Douglas' pouch, etc.

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