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mesentery
noun(mes-en-tery)
one or more vertebrate membranes that consist of a double fold of the peritoneum and invest the intestines and their appendages and connect them with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity
mesentery
noun(mes-en-tery)
a fold of membrane comparable to a mesentery and supporting a viscus (such as the heart) that is not a part of the digestive tract
mesentery
noun(mes-en-tery)
a support or partition in an invertebrate like the vertebrate mesentery

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