How to Use duodenum in a Sentence

duodenum

noun
  • The sore develops when gastric acids that help your body digest food damage the walls of your stomach or duodenum.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 July 2024
  • An alternative method that has shown great efficiency is the use of the string test to sample the duodenum.
    — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2011
  • Ulcers Peptic ulcers are sores in the stomach and duodenum, or the first part of the small intestine.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Sometimes, the surgeon may insert a stent from the gallbladder to the first part of the intestine (duodenum).
    — Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The tube is inserted through the patient’s mouth and stomach, then into the first part of the small intestine, called the duodenum.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019
  • That hormone is produced in the duodenum, the exact spot DMR resurfaces.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • That hormone is produced in the duodenum, the exact spot DMR resurfaces.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
  • The first and shortest section of the small intestine, just under one foot long, is the duodenum, which connects directly to the stomach.
    — Bijal P Trivedi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2012
  • Either way, bypass surgery that circumvents the duodenum may prevent this malfunction.
    — Bijal P Trivedi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2012
  • The duodenum and the ileum are connected together, bypassing the jejunum.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 5 July 2024
  • Gastroduodenal occurs when your stomach and the top of the small intestine (your duodenum) are inflamed.
    — SELF, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Doctors resectioned his colon, took out his gallbladder and operated on his duodenum, part of the small intestine.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • Doctors resectioned his colon, took out his gallbladder and operated on his duodenum, part of the small intestine.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 30 May 2023
  • The duodenum contains a large population of nutrient-sensing cells, which are removed or bypassed during surgery.
    — Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2018
  • As diets high in sugar and fat bombard the duodenum, the lining there becomes inflamed and its normal signaling pathways distorted.
    — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025
  • He was hospitalized, but physicians were unaware of a perforated duodenum, a portion of the small intestine, the complaint says.
    — Megan Cassidy, azcentral, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Next, the second part of the small intestine, the jejunum, is surgically separated from the first section (the duodenum) and the last section (the ileum).
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 5 July 2024
  • The closer a pill lands to the antrum, the last part of the stomach before the intestine, the faster the pill begins to dissolve and find its way through the pylorus into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And that led to development of what's called the sweat test, which really took the place of that putting the tube down the throat and getting samples of the secretions and the duodenum for making the diagnosis.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Black poop is often an indicator of bleeding, typically in the upper GI tract—the stomach or the first part of the small intestine called the duodenum.
    — Heather Mayer Irvine, Health, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The researchers speculate that bacteria may invade pancreatic tumors by migrating from the duodenum, the top section of the small intestine.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Most ulcers, both in the stomach and the duodenum, are due to an infection called Helicobacter pylori, which was discovered in the 1980s.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 31 May 2021
  • In 1994, at 33, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which led to the removal of part of his pancreas, the duodenum, the gall bladder and part of his liver.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Two common types of peptic ulcers include gastric ulcers, which occur on the inside of the stomach, and duodenal ulcers which occur on the inside of the upper portion of a person's small intestine, or duodenum.
    — Jonel Aleccia, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Peptic Ulcer Disease Peptic ulcer disease is a condition in which open sores develop in the lining of the stomach and duodenum (the first part of the small intestine).
    — Steffini Stalos, Verywell Health, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Roker was admitted to the ICU for the first time and went through multiple surgeries to resection his colon, remove his gallbladder and fix his duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • To rectify the issue, the medical professionals had to resect Roker’s colon, remove his gallbladder, and perform an operation on his duodenum.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Duke University researchers have observed rudimentary, but functional, stomachs, small intestines, and duodenums growing inside cancerous lungs — illustrating how varied and plastic these metastatic cells can be.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Our earliest prototype adapted MEMS sensing technology to detect abnormal enzyme levels in the duodenum that are linked to pancreatic function.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026
  • In Europe, the past year saw the arrival of a new weight-loss device called Reset that—while not explicitly authorized for use in a post-GLP-1 drug setting—introduces a sleevelike liner to the duodenum that physically prevents contact between food and the gut wall.
    — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025

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