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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(biology, anatomy, medicine) Before an ampulla, as for example (usually, more specifically) upstream of the ampulla of Vater in the lumen of the duodenum; structures and events that are preampullary thus exist in the foregut rather than in the midgut..
Patients were grouped into a preampullary or postampullary group according to the obstruction in relation to the ampulla of Vater.
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Preampullary means (biology, anatomy, medicine) Before an ampulla, as for example (usually, more specifically) upstream of the ampulla of Vater in the lumen of the duodenum; structures and events that are preampullary thus exist in the foregut rather than in the midgut..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include postampullary.
Patients were grouped into a preampullary or postampullary group according to the obstruction in relation to the ampulla of Vater.
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