Definition of Jejunal

1. a. Pertaining to the jejunum.

Definition of Jejunal

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the jejunum ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jejunal

1. pertaining to the jejunum [adj]

Medical Definition of Jejunal

1. Having to do with the jejunum. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jejunal

jeg
jegging
jeggings
jehad
jehadi
jehadis
jehadism
jehadist
jehadists
jehads
jehu
jehus
jejeunostomy
jejeunum
jejuna
jejunal (current term)
jejunal and ileal veins
jejunal arteries
jejunal artery
jejune
jejunectomy
jejunely
jejuneness
jejunenesses
jejunities
jejunitis
jejunity
jejuno-
jejunocolostomy
jejunogastric

Literary usage of Jejunal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery of the Upper Abdomen by John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (1921)
"Gastro-jejunal and jejunal Ulcer.—It is probable that ulcers occurring in the ... Attention was formerly centered on the jejunal ulcers, since these called ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"As this vascular tumor extended up to the duodeno-jejunal junction, a resection was impossible. An attempt to tie off the more prominent vessels did not ..."

3. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"Above, it passes upon the inferior layer of the transverse mesocolon and on the right surface of the duodeno-jejunal angle. Sometimes the two leaves of the ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1916)
"jejunal ulcer follows anterior gastrojejunostomy there is often an area of tenderness and sometimes a definite swelling under the upper part of the left ..."

5. Atlas and Epitome of Abdominal Hernias by Georg Sultan (1902)
"... rm-ss at the duodeno-jejunal angle, at the cecum, at the sigmoid mesocolon, and at the anterior abdominal wall in the vicinity of the bladder. ..."

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