MESENTERIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesenteric mean? 

• MESENTERIC (adjective)
  The adjective MESENTERIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or located in a mesentery

  Familiarity information: MESENTERIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESENTERIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located in a mesentery

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mesentery (a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines)

Derivation:

mesentery (a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines)

 Context examples 

An artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the transverse colon.

(Middle Colic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A tissue sample that contains mesenteric fat and peritoneal tissue.

(Mesentery/Peritoneum, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes the mesenteric arteries, the renal arteries and the aorta.

(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A vein that drains blood from the pancreas into the splenic and superior mesenteric veins.

(Pancreatic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

This includes the mesenteric arteries, the renal arteries and the aorta and excludes cerebrovascular arterial disease.

(Peripheral Arterial Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein running parallel to the superior and inferior pancreatico-duodenal arteries that drains blood from the pancreas and duodenum into the superior mesenteric or portal veins.

(Pancreatico-Duodenal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the mesenteric lymph nodes.

(Mesenteric Lymphadenitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The veins that drain blood from the ileum into the superior mesenteric vein.

(Ileal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of three branches (colica sinistra, sigmoid artery, or superior hemorrhoidal artery) arising from the inferior mesenteric artery.

(Inferior Mesenteric Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the superior mesenteric artery and connecting to the superior pancreatico-duodenal artery that supplies blood to the pancreas and duodenum.

(Inferior Pancreatico-Duodenal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)