preampullary

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adjective

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.

Opposite
postampullary
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Meanings

adjectivepreampullary (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyBefore 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.

    Patients were grouped into a preampullary or postampullary group according to the obstruction in relation to the ampulla of Vater.

    2010, Li-Yi Tsai, Wu-Shiun Hsieh, Chien-Yi Chen, Hung-Chieh Chou, Po-Nien Tsao, Wen-Ming Hsu, “Distinct clinical characteristics of patients with congenital duodenal obstruction in a medical center in Taiwan”, in Pediatrics and Neonatology, volume 51, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, page 343−346

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
postampullary

Origin

From pre- + ampulla + -ary.

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Chicago

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