Definitions for duodenum

duodenum du·o·de·num

Spelling: [doo-uh-dee-nuh m, dyoo-; doo-od-n- Duodenum is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in duodenum (ddemnouu).

Definitions for duodenum

noun

  1. the first portion of the small intestine, from the stomach to the jejunum.

Origin of duodenum

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin, by ellipsis from intestīnum duodēnum digitōrum intestine of twelve fingerbreadths, with original genitive plural construed as neuter singular; Latin

Examples for duodenum

It is collected by the biliary ducts to be conveyed into the duodenum.

Some of the ulcers had nearly perforated the walls of the stomach and duodenum.

The mucous membrane of the duodenum was also swollen and slightly red.

It arises as a ventral outgrowth of the duodenum (fig. 420, l).

Sometimes it takes place as the result of a perforation of the duodenum.

The lower orifice of the stomach, with which the duodenum connects.

He removed it from the duodenum, but it had probably escaped from the liver.

These abscesses also occasionally open into the duodenum or stomach.

Emetics invert the motions of the stomach, duodenum, and œsophagus.

You should see how sweet a cross-section 255 of the duodenum of a cat is under the microscope.

Word Value for duodenum
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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