transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈme-z ə n-ˌter-ē, -s ə n- ]
noun
( plural -ter·ies )
Etymology: Middle English mesenterie, from Medieval Latin mesenterion, from Greek, from mes- + enteron intestine — more at inter-
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : one or more vertebrate membranes that consist of a double fold of the peritoneum and invest the intestines and their appendages and connect them with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity
b. : a fold of membrane comparable to a mesentery and supporting a viscus (as the heart) that is not a part of the digestive tract
2. : a support or partition in an invertebrate like the vertebrate mesentery
• mes·en·ter·ic ˌme-z ə n-ˈter-ik, -s ə n- adjective