dumping syndrome

noun

The situation where food, especially sugar, moves too fast from the stomach to the duodenum, typically arising after gastric or esophageal surgery.

Meanings

noundumping syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe situation where food, especially sugar, moves too fast from the stomach to the duodenum, typically arising after gastric or esophageal surgery.
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