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Part of the small intestine
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duodenum
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Duodenum \Du`o*de"num\, n. [NL., fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duodenum. So called because its length is about twelve fingers' breadth.] (Anat.) The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum , and routinely processed for histological examination. ▪ Another patient had severe inflammation and numerous granulomata on histological examination ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The first part of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum [also: duonas (pl), duona (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Medieval Latin duodenum digitorium "space of twelve digits," from Latin duodeni "twelve each." Coined by Gerard of Cremona (d.1187), who translated "Canon Avicennae," a loan-translation of Greek dodekadaktylon , literally "twelve fingers ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Duodenum " is a song by Frank Zappa that first appeared as part of "Lumpy Gravy Part One" on the Verve Records edition of Lumpy Gravy . It is an instrumental (although it contains vocals on the 1984 Lumpy Gravy remix) that runs for approximately 1:32 ...
Usage examples of duodenum.
The transformation of starch into sugar, which is almost, if not entirely, suspended while the food remains in the stomach, owing to the acidity of the chyme, is resumed in the duodenum, the acid of the chyme, being neutralized by the alkaline secretions there encountered.
The small intestine is from twenty to twenty-five feet in length, and consists of the Duodenum, Jejunum, and Ileum.
To play it safe, we completely sterilized the whole shebang, the abdominal cavity and her entire digestive system from the duodenum south.
Tamen silentio noctis Caesar ex castris egressus, priusquam subsidio ex oppido veniri posset, deiecto praesidio potitus loco duas ibi legiones collocavit fossamque duplicem duodenum pedum a maioribus castris ad minora perduxit, ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent.
Young speaks of a fetus which lay encysted between the laminae of the transverse mesocolon, and Highmore published a report of a fetus in a cyst communicating with the duodenum.
Its secretion, the pancreatic juice, is emptied into the duodenum by a duct which, as a rule, unites with the duct from the liver.
Fatal peritonitis ensued and the spoon was found impacted in the last acute turn of the duodenum.
At the postmortem there was found a defect in the diaphragm on the left side, permitting herniation of the stomach and first part of the duodenum into the left pleural cavity.
Tamen silentio noctis Caesar ex castris egressus, priusquam subsidio ex oppido veniri posset, deiecto praesidio potitus loco duas ibi legiones collocavit fossamque duplicem duodenum pedum a maioribus castris ad minora perduxit, ut tuto ab repentino hostium incursu etiam singuli commeare possent.
As a general rule, chronic inflammation of the stomach, duodenum, liver, and adjacent organs, imparts a gloomy expression to the countenance, at the same time the eye is dull, the skin dusky or yellow, and the motions are slow.
It’s not a perfect system--I’m seeing excess carbonic carbonyl in the duodenum that seems to be ingested to compensate for an imbalance.