jejunum

See also: jéjunum

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Related terms

• jejune

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
• Galician: xexuno (gl) m
• German: Jejunum n, Leerdarm m

• Greek: νήστις (el) f (nístis)
• Hungarian: éhbél (hu)
• Irish: aoineán m
• 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