mesenterica

English

Noun

mesenterica

  1. (anatomy) The mesenteric vein.
    • 1805, Thomas Boardman, A Dictionary of the Veterinary Art:
      Then the mesenterica divides into three great branches which run betwixt the duplicature of the mesentery: two of them come from the right side, which divide into fourteen branches; and these are again divided into an infinity of smaller ones, […]
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