The short mesentery of the appendix lying behind the terminal ileum, in which the appendicular artery courses. SYN: mesenteriolum processus vermiformis, mesentery of appendix.
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me·so·ap·pen·dix -ə-'pen-diks n, pl -dix·es or -di·ces -də-.sēz the mesentery of the vermiform appendix
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n.
the mesentery of the appendix.
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meso·ap·pen·dix (mez″o-) (me″zo-ə-penґdix) [meso- + appendix] [TA] the peritoneal fold attaching the appendix to the mesentery of the ileum.Medical dictionary. 2011.