duodenal ulcer

noun

, Pathology.

1. a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.

Example Sentences

After his father died in 1940 while recovering from surgery for a duodenal ulcer, his mother took in lodgers to support the family.

From Washington Post

Avoid mistaking gastric or duodenal ulcer, with or without perforation, for the effects of a corrosive poison.

From Project Gutenberg

The diagnosis of duodenal ulcer from gastric ulcer will be discussed elsewhere.

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If these symptoms follow an extensive burn of the skin, they are easily referred to a duodenal ulcer.

From Project Gutenberg

The most characteristic ingredient of the true duodenal ulcer is blood.

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A great surgeon tells me he has no doubt that Carlyle suffered all his life from a duodenal ulcer.

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