Meros

(From to divide). See Femur.

Mesang

De Vacca. See Bezoar bovinus.

Mesaraeon

(from medius, and belly). Mesenterium, q. v.

Mesaraica

Vel Mesaraica Major Vena, (from the mesentery). The mesaraic or mesenteric vein, is the continuation of the vena ports ventralis. (See Portae vena.) It bends towards the superior mesenteric artery, and accompanies it in those portions of the mesentery and mesocolon which belong to the small intestines, the caecum and right portion of the colon; as it runs down it forms an arch obliquely, like that of the artery, which is also ramified on the convex and concave sides. It very -closely accompanies the mesenteric artery, and is branched out in nearly the same manner.

Mesakaica minor vena. See Haemorrhoidalis interna vena.

Mesenteri Its

(From mesenterium). Dr.culien considers it as a species of Peritonitis, q. v. calling it (peritonitis mesenterica. See Inflammatio mesenteric

Mes

L're. A disorder of the liver, mentioned by Avicenna, accompanied with a sense of heaviness, tumour, inflammation, pungent pain, and blackness of the tongue.

Mesogastrion

(From and the ttomhch,) the connecting membrane, or the concave part of the stomach, which attaches it to the adjacent parts. See Omentum.

Mesoglossi

(From and the tongue). See Genioglossi.

Mesomeria

From and the thigh,) that part of the body which lies betwixt the thighs. Rufus Ephesius.

Mesompalion

(From and navel).

The middle of the navel.

Mesophyron

(From and the eye,) that part of the face which lies betwixt the eyebrows. Rufus Ephesius.

Mesopleurioi

(From and the ribs). See Intercostalfs.

Meso

Rectum, (from and rectum, the straight gut). It is a production of the peritonaeum, which invests the intestinum rectum. About the middle of the fore side of this intestine it forms a semicircular fold, which appears when the intestine is empty, but is lost when full.