"Mesocolon" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
A mesocolon is a type of colonic fold, which is a fold in the wall of the large intestine (colon) that helps to absorb water and electrolytes from digested food. It is a sectional fold in the wall of the colon that separates a haustral pouch from another haustral pouch. The term "mesocolon" comes from the Greek words "meso" meaning "middle" and "kolon" meaning "colon", and it is used to distinguish this type of fold from other types of colonic folds.
Mesocolon is a literary or rhetorical device used in writing and speaking to separate two independent clauses or phrases. Here are five usage examples: