What does "postampullary" mean?

After an ampulla, as for example (usually, more specifically) downstream of the ampulla of Vater in the lumen of the duodenum; structures and events that are postampullary thus exist in the midgut rather than in the foregut.

Postampullary

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Adjective

1
After an ampulla, as for example (usually, more specifically) downstream of the ampulla of Vater in the lumen of the duodenum; structures and events that are postampullary thus exist in the midgut rather than in the foregut. not-comparable
"Patients were grouped into a preampullary or postampullary group according to the obstruction in relation to the ampulla of Vater."

Antonyms

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preampullary

Example

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

Etymology

From post- + ampulla + -ary.

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