jejunum

See also: jéjunum

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin iēiūnum, neuter of iēiūnus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒiːˈdʒuːnəm/

Noun

jejunum ‎(plural jejuna)

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

Translations

central of the three divisions of the small intestine

• Arabic: صَائِم m ‎(ṣāʾim)
• Bengali: জেজুনাম ‎(jejunam)
• Catalan: jejú m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空腸 (zh), 空肠 (zh) ‎(kōngcháng)

• Dutch: nuchtere darm m
• Finnish: tyhjäsuoli (fi)
• French: jéjunum (fr) m
• German: Jejunum n, Leerdarm m

• Greek: νήστις (el) f ‎(nístis)
• Italian: digiuno (it) m
• Japanese: 空腸 ‎(くうちょう, kūchō)
• Korean: 공장 (ko) ‎(gongjang) (空腸)
• Polish: jelito czcze n
• Portuguese: jejuno (pt)
• Russian: то́щая кишка́ f ‎(tóščaja kišká)
• Spanish: yeyuno (es) m
• Tagalog: gitnang-isaw

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Latin

Adjective

jējūnum

1. nominative neuter singular of jējūnus
2. accusative masculine singular of jējūnus
3. accusative neuter singular of jējūnus
4. vocative neuter singular of jējūnus