mesogastrium

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noun

The part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach

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mesogaster
OriginLatin gaster →
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Meanings

nounmesogastrium (plural mesogastria or mesogastriums)

plural mesogastria · plural mesogastriums

  1. anatomyThe part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach

    The mesogastriums were extracted en bloc from the stomach, straightened and measured for their length and width.

    2015 November 14, “Detection and Characterization of Metastatic Cancer Cells in the Mesogastrium of Gastric Cancer Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

    Synonyms: mesogaster

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe part of the embryonic mesentery that includes the stomach

Similar
mesogaster

Origin

  1. Latingaster“belly”
  2. Englishmesogastrium

From meso- (“middle”) and Latin gaster (“belly”).

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mesogastrium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesogastrium

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“mesogastrium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesogastrium. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesogastrium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesogastrium.

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