Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postampullary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: postam-pullary
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From post- + ampulla + -ary.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post
Suffix: ampulla

Frequently Paired Words

ampullary

Antonyms

preampullary

Questions

What does postampullary mean?: 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.
Where does postampullary come from?: From post- + ampulla + -ary.

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