duodenum

See also Duodenum

English

A schematic of the gastrointestinal tract, with the duodenum shown in orange-pink.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin (from the phrase duodēnum digitōrum (“space of twelve digits”), in reference to its length), from duodēnī (“twelve each”) + digitōrum, genitive plural of digitus (“finger, toe, digit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /djuːə(ʊ)ˈdiːnəm/

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Noun

duodenum (plural duodena or duodenums)

1. The first part of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum.

Derived terms

• duodenal
• duodenitis

Synonyms

• dodecadactylum, maw-gut (both obsolete)

Translations

first part of the small intestine

• Arabic: اثنا عشري (ar) (ithnā `ashariy) pl, عفج (ar) (ʕafj) m

  Egyptian Arabic: الإثنا عشر (el ʔsna ʕašar) m

• Basque: duodeno (eu)
• Bengali: ডুওডেনাম (bn)
• Bulgarian: дванадесетопръстник (bg) (dvanadesetoprǎstnik) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十二指腸 (cmn), 十二指肠 (cmn) (shí'èrzhǐcháng)

• Czech: dvanáctník (cs) m
• Danish: tolvfingertarm c
• Dutch: twaalfvingerige darm m, duodenum n
• Finnish: pohjukaissuoli (fi)
• French: duodénum (fr) m

• German: Duodenum (de) n, Zwölffingerdarm (de) m
• Greek: δωδεκαδάκτυλο (el) (dodekadáktylo) n
• Japanese: 十二指腸 (ja) (じゅうにしちょう, jūnishichō)
• Korean: 십이지장 (十二指腸,sibijijang)
• Macedonian: дванаесетпалечно црево (mk) (dvanaesetpálečno crévo) n
• Polish: dwunastnica (pl) f
• Russian: двенадцатиперстная кишка (ru) (dvenadcatipérstnaja kišká) f
• Spanish: duodeno (es) m
• Swedish: tolvfingertarm (sv) c
• Turkish: oniki-parmak bağırsağı (tr)
• Volapük: duoden (vo)

External Links

• Duodenum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia