Maw-gut

//ˈmɔːˌɡʌt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The duodenum. obsolete

    "Pylorus, the Keeper of a Gate, a Porter. In Anatomy, the lower Orifice or Mouth of the Stomach, by which the Meat is let into the Entrails, the Maw-gut : It is alſo call’d Janitor in Latin."

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duodenum

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"Pylorus, the Keeper of a Gate, a Porter. In Anatomy, the lower Orifice or Mouth of the Stomach, by which the Meat is let into the Entrails, the Maw-gut : It is alſo call’d Janitor in Latin."

Etymology

From Middle English mawe gutte (literally “the gut of the stomach cavity”).

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