mesorchium

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, literally "between the testicles".

Noun

mesorchium (plural mesorchia)

1. (anatomy) The fold of peritoneum that attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mesorchium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)