Duodenum
21duodenum — UK [ˌdjuːəʊˈdiːnəm] / US [ˌduəˈdɪnəm] noun [countable] Word forms duodenum : singular duodenum plural duodenums medical the first section of your small intestine, just below your stomach …
22duodenum — [14] The term duodenum, for the first part of the small intestine, originated as a measure of length. It comes from the medieval Latin phrase intestinum duodēnum digitōrum ‘intestine of twelve digits’ – that is, twelve finger breadths long, or… …
23duodenum — n. [ML. duodenum, the first part of the small intestine] The anterior intestine …
24Duodenum — Zwölffingerdarm * * * Duo|de|num 〈n.; s, na; Med.〉 = Zwölffingerdarm [zu lat. duodecim „zwölf“] * * * Duo|de|num, das; s, …na [zu lat. duodeni = je zwölf, nach griech. dōdekadáktylos (ekphysis), eigtl. = zwölf Finger breiter Auswuchs]:… …
25duodenum — (du o dé nom ) s. m. Terme d anatomie. Première portion de l intestin grêle, ainsi nommée de ce que la longueur n en est guère que de douze travers de doigt. REMARQUE L Académie ne met point d accent ; mais elle note qu on en prononce un.… …
26Duodenum — Du|o|de|num das; s, ...na <aus gleichbed. nlat. duodenum zu lat. duodeni »je zwölf, zwölf zusammen«> Zwölffingerdarm (Med.) …
27duodenum — [[t]dju͟ːoʊdi͟ːnəm, AM du͟ː [/t]] duodenums N COUNT Your duodenum is the part of your small intestine that is just below your stomach. [MEDICAL] …
28duodenum — du•o•de•num [[t]ˌdu əˈdi nəm, ˌdyu ; duˈɒd n əm, dyu [/t]] n. pl. du•o•de•na [[t]ˌdu əˈdi nə, ˌdyu ; duˈɒd n ə, dyu [/t]] du•o•de•nums anat. zool. the first portion of the small intestine, from the stomach to the jejunum • Etymology: 1350–1400;… …
29duodenum — n. part of small intestine leading from stomach. ♦ duodenal, a. ♦ duodenitis, n. inflammation of duodenum …
30duodenum — This is the beginning of the small intestines, and it empties the stomach. It is 9 or 10 inches long, holds about the same amount of food as the digestive antrum or bottom of the stomach, and, through a papilla or sphincter, squirts a mixture… …
