mesenteric

English

Alternative forms

• mesenterick (obsolete)

Etymology

From mesentery +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mesenteric (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the mesentery.
   • 2024, Jennifer Davidson, Beth Shepherd, Sunderarajan Jayaraman, Practice Long Cases for the Part B Final FRCR Examination:

     However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).

Derived terms

• antimesenteric
• aortomesenteric
• celiacomesenteric
• coeliacomesenteric
• inferior mesenteric artery
• inframesenteric
• intermesenteric
• mesenterical
• mesenteric artery
• mesentericoportal
• omphalomesenteric
• portomesenteric
• retromesenteric
• splenomesenteric
• superior mesenteric artery
• superior mesenteric artery syndrome
• superior mesenteric vein
• supramesenteric
• transmesenteric

Translations

relating to mesentery

Catalan: mesentèric German: mesenterial, mesenterisch, Mesenterial- Italian: mesenterico Japanese: 腸間膜の (chōkanmaku no) Latin: mesentericus Spanish: mesentérico

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