postampullary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. After an ampulla, as for example (usually, more specifically) downstream of the ampulla of Vater in the lumen of the duodenum; structures and events that are postampullary thus exist in the midgut rather than in the foregut.

Word forms

postampullary

Etymology

From post- + ampulla + -ary.

Antonyms

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