preampullary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

preampullary

Etymology

From pre- + ampulla + -ary.

Antonyms

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