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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mes·en·tery /ˈmɛzṇˌtɛri, sṇ-/
 腸繫膜

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 mes·en·tery /ˈmɛzṇˌtɛrɪ, ˈmɛs-/ 名詞
 腸繫膜

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mes·en·ter·y n.
 1. Anat. The membranes, or one of the membranes (consisting of a fold of the peritoneum and inclosed tissues), which connect the intestines and their appendages with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity. The mesentery proper is connected with the jejunum and ilium, the other mesenteries being called mesocaecum, mesocolon, mesorectum, etc.
 2. Zool. One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 mesentery
      n : a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall
          of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines