noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The part of the mesentery that attaches the colon to the abdominal wall.
2. 2
   mesentery that holds the lower colon to the dorsal abdominal wall wordnet

Synonyms

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colon mesenterycolonic mesenterymesentery of colonmesocolic foldperitoneal foldperitoneal fold of colon

Antonyms

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retroperitoneal attachment

Etymology

From meso- + colon.