duodenum

英 [,dju??'di?n?m] 美['d??'din?m]

暢通詞匯

復數:?duodenums;形容詞:?duodenal;

duodenum 十二指腸

來自拉丁語duodenum digitorium, 十二指腸。duodenum, 十二，來自duo, 二，-denum, 十，digitorium, 指。因其長度約略為十二根手指寬度而得名。

duodenum: duodenum: [14] The term duodenum, for the first part of the small intestine, originated as a measure of length. It comes from the medieval Latin phrase intestinum duodēnum digitōrum ‘intestine of twelve digits’ – that is, twelve finger-breadths long, or just over 20 centimetres. Latin duodēnī meant literally ‘twelve each’; it was a derivative of duodecim ‘twelve’ (source also of English dozen).
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duodenum (n.): late 14c., from Medieval Latin duodenum digitorium "space of twelve digits," from Latin duodeni "twelve each." Coined by Gerard of Cremona (d.1187), who translated "Canon Avicennae," a loan-translation of Greek dodekadaktylon, literally "twelve fingers long," the intestine part so called by Greek physician Herophilus (c. 353-280 B.C.E.) for its length, about equal to the breadth of twelve fingers.

1. The distal duodenum and jejunum remain on the right side of the spine .: 遠端十二指腸及空腸仍處于脊椎右側。

2. This juice - about a quart a day -- pours into my duodenum, neutralizing acids.: 這種消化液(每天約分泌1品脫)流入我的十二指腸, 把酸中和了.

3. After the colon, the duodenum is the most common site for diverticulum.: 繼結腸源, 十二指腸是憩室最多見的部位.

4. The stomach and duodenum may be considered logically as a unit.: 胃和十二指腸可邏輯地考慮為一個單元.

5. My duodenum produces a substance called secretion, which empties into Joe's bloodstream.: 我的十二指腸生產一種名叫分泌素的物質, 排入喬的血流.