Duodenum

//ˌdjuːə(ʊ)ˈdiːnəm//

Synonyms for "duodenum" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(1 words)
dodecadactylum

Strong matches (14)

Related words (24)

Noun(1 words)
maw-gut

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Translations

68 translations across 56 languages.

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Albanian

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  • dymbëdhjetëgishtore noun (first part of the small intestine)

Arabic

3 entries
  • إثنا عشر noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • اِثْنَا عَشَرِيّ noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • عَفْج noun (first part of the small intestine)

Armenian

1 entries
  • տասներկումատնյա աղիք noun (first part of the small intestine)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • onikibarmaq bağırsaq noun (first part of the small intestine)

Basque

1 entries
  • duodeno noun (first part of the small intestine)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • дванаццаціперсная кішка noun (first part of the small intestine)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ডুওডেনাম noun (first part of the small intestine)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • дванадесетопръстник noun (first part of the small intestine)

Catalan

1 entries
  • duodè noun (first part of the small intestine)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 十二指腸 /十二指肠 noun (first part of the small intestine)

Czech

2 entries
  • dvanácterník noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • dvanáctník noun (first part of the small intestine)

Danish

1 entries
  • tolvfingertarm noun (first part of the small intestine)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ޑުއަޑީނަމް noun (first part of the small intestine)

Dutch

2 entries
  • duodenum noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • twaalfvingerige darm noun (first part of the small intestine)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • duodeno noun (first part of the small intestine)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kaksteistsõrmiksool noun (first part of the small intestine)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pohjukaissuoli noun (first part of the small intestine)

French

1 entries
  • duodénum noun (first part of the small intestine)

Galician

1 entries
  • duodeno noun (first part of the small intestine)

German

2 entries
  • Duodenum noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • Zwölffingerdarm noun (first part of the small intestine)

Greek

1 entries
  • δωδεκαδάκτυλο noun (first part of the small intestine)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תריסריון noun (first part of the small intestine)

Hindi

1 entries
  • ग्रहणी noun (first part of the small intestine)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • nyombél noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • patkóbél noun (first part of the small intestine)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skeifugörn noun (first part of the small intestine)

Ido

1 entries
  • duodenumo noun (first part of the small intestine)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • duodenum noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • usus dua belas jari noun (first part of the small intestine)

Irish

1 entries
  • dúidéineam noun (first part of the small intestine)

Italian

1 entries
  • duodeno noun (first part of the small intestine)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 十二指腸 noun (first part of the small intestine)

Korean

1 entries
  • 십이지장 noun (first part of the small intestine)

Latvian

1 entries
  • divpadsmitpirkstu zarna noun (first part of the small intestine)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dvylikapirštė žarna noun (first part of the small intestine)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • дванаесетпалечно црево noun (first part of the small intestine)

Māori

2 entries
  • kōpiroiti noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • pohokauiti noun (first part of the small intestine)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • rûviya donzdegirê noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • rûviya donzdeilîk noun (first part of the small intestine)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tolvfingertarm noun (first part of the small intestine)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • tolvfingertarm noun (first part of the small intestine)

Persian

1 entries
  • دوازدهه noun (first part of the small intestine)

Polish

1 entries
  • dwunastnica noun (first part of the small intestine)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • duodeno noun (first part of the small intestine)

Romanian

1 entries
  • duoden noun (first part of the small intestine)

Russian

1 entries
  • двенадцатипе́рстная кишка́ noun (first part of the small intestine)

Slovak

1 entries
  • dvanástnik noun (first part of the small intestine)

Slovene

1 entries
  • dvanajstnik noun (first part of the small intestine)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • мӧӧн noun (first part of the small intestine)

Spanish

1 entries
  • duodeno noun (first part of the small intestine)

Swedish

2 entries
  • duodenum noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • tolvfingertarm noun (first part of the small intestine)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • punong-isaw noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • tokong noun (first part of the small intestine)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลำไส้เล็กส่วนต้น noun (first part of the small intestine)

Turkish

2 entries
  • oniki parmak bağırsağı noun (first part of the small intestine)
  • oniki-parmak bağırsağı noun (first part of the small intestine)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • дванадцятипала кишка noun (first part of the small intestine)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • oʻn ikki barmoq ichak noun (first part of the small intestine)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tá tràng noun (first part of the small intestine)

Volapük

1 entries
  • duoden noun (first part of the small intestine)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dwodenwm noun (first part of the small intestine)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The duodenum is a section of the small intestine.

Source: tatoeba (4091048)

Next I removed all the intestines as far as the duodenum and dealt with them as with the rectum, and so I had the intestines clean and without fetor.

Source: tatoeba (11507890)

Have you ever suffered from an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum, or from diseases of the gall bladder or pancreas?

Source: tatoeba (12258305)

From the Stomacke to the very Fundament, are produced the Guts or Inteſtina, which ſerue a little to alter and diſtribute the Chilus, and convey away the excrements. They are divided into ſmall and great, by reason of their ſite and ſubſtance, ſlender or thicker. The ſlender is Duodenum or whole gut, which is next to the ſtomacke, ſome twelue inches long (ſaith Fuſchius.)

Source: wiktionary

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