mesaraic

1 of 2

adjective

mes·​a·​ra·​ic

¦mezə¦rāik,

-esə-

archaic

: mesenteric

mesaraic

2 of 2

noun

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plural -s

archaic

: one of the mesenteric veins

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

alteration (influenced by Greek mesaraikos) of Middle English miserak, from Middle French mesaraique, from Greek mesaraikos, from mesaraion mesentery (from mes- mid, in the middle—from mesos —+ araia belly, from feminine of araios thin, slender) + -ikos -ic

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