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Definition of "jejunum" []

  • The section of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "jejunum" in a sentence
  • "Doctors connected a part of his intestines called the jejunum to the very top of his esophagus, circumventing the idea of a stomach entirely."
  • "And thus it is that, in all such animals as we are now considering, there is found what is called the jejunum; which is a part of the small gut, of the gut, that is, which comes next to the stomach."
  • "The next portion of the intestine is called the jejunum, because it is usually empty after death."