Postbulbar

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    distal to the duodenal bulb not-comparable

    "Duodenal GISTs mostly originate from postbulbar duodenal segments [21 ], which can be different from duodenal adenocarcinomas as the latter mostly arise from duodenal bulbs and appear as annular lesions at the site of the periampullary [7 ]."

Example

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"Duodenal GISTs mostly originate from postbulbar duodenal segments [21 ], which can be different from duodenal adenocarcinomas as the latter mostly arise from duodenal bulbs and appear as annular lesions at the site of the periampullary [7 ]."

Etymology

From post- + bulbar.

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