DUODENUM
\djˈuːə͡ʊdnəm], \djˈuːəʊdnəm], \d_j_ˈuː_əʊ_d_n_ə_m]\
Definitions of DUODENUM
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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The first portion of the small intestines, so called because about twelve fingers' breadth in length.
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DUODENAL.
By Daniel Lyons
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The duodenum is the first part of the intestinal canal, commencing at the pyloric orifice of the stomach, and terminating in the jejunum. Its length is about twelve fingers breadth, and as it is only partially covered by the peritoneum, it is susceptible of considerable dilatation; hence its name Ventriculus succenturiatus. In the duodenum, chylification takes place after the admixture of the biliary and pancreatic fluids with the chyme.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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