duodenum

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: du=o=de=num

OXFORD DICTIONARY

duodenum, n. Anat. the first part of the small intestine immediately below the stomach.

Derivative

duodenal adj. duodenitis n.

Etymology

ME f. med.L f. duodeni (see DUODENARY) from its length of about 12 fingers' breadth

THESAURUS

duodenum

abdomen, anus, appendix, blind gut, bowels, brain, cecum, colon, endocardium, entrails, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart, hindgut, innards, inner mechanism, insides, internals, intestine, inwards, jejunum, kidney, kishkes, large intestine, liver, liver and lights, lung, midgut, perineum, pump, pylorus, rectum, small intestine, spleen, stomach, ticker, tripes, vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, works