duodenal ulcer
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- noun
- /ˌdjuːəˈdiːnəl ˈʌlsər/
- Specialized
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úlcera duodenal
- Cases were defined as patients admitted to hospital with a first episode of major UGIB due to gastric or duodenal ulcer or gastritis, characterized by melaena or haematemesis and confirmed by endoscopy.
Examples
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Gastrointestinal problems included the presence or history of stomach or duodenal ulcer, nervous stomach, colitis, liver disease, or hepatitis.
Academic text (1996) -
Persons with active gastric or duodenal ulcers or documented history of ulcers should be tested for H. pylori, and if found to be infected, they should be treated.
Academic text (2005) -
And my duodenal ulcer is real!
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I once had a cousin who had a duodenal ulcer... ...and an extremely funny face, both at the same time.
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They did find a duodenal ulcer, though.
Fiction book (1998) -
I had a perforated duodenal ulcer that nearly killed me and required major emergency surgery.
Blog text (28) -
Two patients developed a bleeding duodenal ulcer that required the infusion of 6 units of blood and 20 days of antiulcer therapy.
Academic text (2004) -
Anterior gastrectomy and posterior vagotomy for laparoscopic porthway is a simple, effective, and sure procedure for the treatment of the chronic duodenal ulcer.
Academic text (2007) -
The doctor diagnosed me with a duodenal ulcer after I complained of severe stomach pain.
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To ease her discomfort, she took medication prescribed for her duodenal ulcer.
Synonyms
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A painful sore on the skin or inside the body that can make pus
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A sore on the inside of the stomach or upper small intestine caused by stomach acid
An ulcer in the stomach or top part of the gut caused by stomach acid
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase denotes an ulcer located in the duodenum; this is a direct composition of 'duodenal' (relating to the duodenum) + 'ulcer' (a sore). This adjective+noun medical naming pattern is compositional and mirrors equivalents in many languages, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Duodenal ulcer The noun duodenal ulcer names a 'sore' called an ulcer in the first part of the small intestine, the duodenum. Think of the duodenum as a 'door' where food first enters the small intestine and the ulcer as a 'sore' that wears away the lining, so a duodenal ulcer is a sore at that 'door' and often causes pain in the upper belly.