TV series example of the word
The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 14
Ugh. This moo shu pork's burning a hole through my duodenum.
Definitions of duodenum in English
noun
(1) The part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum
(2) The part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum [also: duonas (pl)
(3) duona (pl)]
Examples of duodenum in English
(1) It is a tube approximately 20 feet long consisting of three regions; the duodenum , jejunum, and ileum.
(2) Multiple biopsies were taken from the duodenum , the gastric antrum, and the distal esophagus.
(3) All this then enters the digestive tract and begins its passage from esophagus to stomach to duodenum to small intestine to colon.
(4) You may have to have part of your stomach, gall bladder and duodenum (the first bit of your small intestine) removed too.
(5) The distal duodenum and duodenal jejunal junction is especially susceptible to damage because it is fixed in position.
(6) If it is exactly in the midline, it may be the duodenal bulb, the pylorus, or the distal antrum.
(7) There were 177 confirmed upper gastrointestinal events, including gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers and bleeding.
(8) The diverticulum may possess aberrant islands of gastric mucosa, pancreatic and duodenal glands.
(9) We describe the case of a patient with gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastric endocrine heterotopia.
synonyms of duodenum
duodenum
chronic diarrhoea
