Definition for MES'O-CO-LON

MES'O-CO-LON, n. [Gr. μεσος, middle, and colon.]

In anatomy, that part of the mesentery, which, having reached the extremity of the ileum, contracts and changes its name, or that part of the mesentery to which the colon is attached. Encyc. Hooper.

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