Postampullary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Postampullary is an adjective meaning (biology, anatomy, medicine) 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.
Meaning
(biology, anatomy, medicine) 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.
Example Sentences
Patients were grouped into a preampullary or postampullary group according to the obstruction in relation to the ampulla of Vater.
Antonyms for postampullary
Common opposites include preampullary.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include preampullary, periampullary, transampullary, postductal, postpyloric, retroduodenal.
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