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preduodenal

preduodenal adjective: between the stomach and the duodenum.

Adjective

preduodenal (not comparable)

  1. Between the stomach and the duodenum
  2. Prior to a duodenal process
    • A specific dose-response enrichment of the stomach tissue C8:0 was observed as a function of dietary C8:0, supporting the hypothesis of an early preduodenal hydrolysis of medium chain triglycerides and a direct absorption at the gastric level.2015 July 22, “Dietary Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Does Not Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin but Decreases Plasma Unacylated Ghrelin in the Rat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of preduodenal

From pre- + duodenal.

Questions about preduodenal

What does preduodenal mean?
Preduodenal means between the stomach and the duodenum.
What part of speech is preduodenal?
Preduodenal is an adjective.

Words near preduodenal in the dictionary

  1. predubs
  2. preductal
  3. preductule
  4. preductules
  5. predug
  6. preduodenal
  7. preduplicate
  8. preduplicated
  9. preduplicates
  10. preduplication
  11. predusk

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