Etymology

magenstrasse

ma·gen·stra·sse
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Today it means: a groove in the stomach along the lesser curvature that is the route food and liquids tend to take in moving toward the pylorus and that is a frequent site of peptic ulcer formation Full definition →

German Magenstraße
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  1. German · borrowed fromMagenstraße
  2. English todaymagenstrasse

From German Magenstraße, from Magen (“stomach”) + Straße (“road, street”).

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