JEJUNUM


Meaning of JEJUNUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ji-ˈjü-nəm ]

noun

( plural je·ju·na -nə)

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from neuter of Latin jejunus

Date: 14th century

: the section of the small intestine that comprises the first two fifths beyond the duodenum and that is larger, thicker-walled, and more vascular and has more circular folds than the ileum

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