jejunum

See also: jéjunum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iēiūnum, neuter of iēiūnus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈdʒuːnəm/

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Noun

jejunum (plural jejuna or jejunums)

1. (anatomy) The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum

Related terms

• jejune

Translations

central of the three divisions of the small intestine

• Arabic: صَائِم m (ṣāʔim)
• Bengali: জেজুনাম (bn) (jejunam)
• Catalan: jejú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空腸／空肠 (zh) (kōngcháng)

• Dutch: nuchtere darm m
• Finnish: tyhjäsuoli (fi)
• French: jéjunum (fr) m
• Galician: xexuno (gl) m
• German: Jejunum n, Leerdarm (de) m
• Greek: νήστις (el) f (nístis)

  Ancient: νῆστις f (nêstis)

• Hungarian: éhbél (hu)
• Indonesian: jejunum (id), usus kosong
• Irish: aoineán m
• Italian: digiuno (it) m
• Japanese: 空腸 (ja) (くうちょう, kūchō)
• Korean: 공장(空腸) (ko) (gongjang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rûviya birçî f

• Polish: jelito czcze n
• Portuguese: jejuno (pt)
• Russian: то́щая кишка́ f (tóščaja kišká)
• Spanish: yeyuno (es) m
• Tagalog: gitnang-isaw

Anagrams

• jujumen

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin iēiūnum, neuter of iēiūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒeˈd͡ʒunʊm]
• Hyphenation: jé‧ju‧num

Noun

jéjunum (first-person possessive jejunumku, second-person possessive jejunummu, third-person possessive jejunumnya)

1. (anatomy) jejunum: the central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum.

   Synonym: usus kosong

Alternative forms

• yeyunum

Further reading

• “jejunum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Adjective

jejūnum

1. inflection of jejūnus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular