postampullary

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ ampulla +‎ -ary.

Adjective

postampullary (not comparable)

1. (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.
   • 2010, Li-Yi Tsai, Wu-Shiun Hsieh, Chien-Yi Chen, Hung-Chieh Chou, Po-Nien Tsao, Wen-Ming Hsu, “Distinct clinical characteristics of patients with congenital duodenal obstruction in a medical center in Taiwan”, in Pediatrics and Neonatology, volume 51, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, page 343−346:

     Patients were grouped into a preampullary or postampullary group according to the obstruction in relation to the ampulla of Vater.

Antonyms

• preampullary

Coordinate terms

• ampullary