Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the meso-gastrium; umbilical, as a region of the abdomen; mesenteric with reference to the stomach or to the mesogaster.
- In Crustacea, situated. in the middle of the gastric lobe of the carapace: specifically applied to a median subdivision of that lobe, the mesogastric lobe. See cut, under Brachyura.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the middle region of the abdomen, or of the stomach.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the middle gastric lobe of the carapace of a crab.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
middle region of theabdomen , or of thestomach . - adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
mesogaster . - adjective zoology Of or pertaining to the middle
gastric lobe of thecarapace of acrab .
Etymologies
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meso- + gastric
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