Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postbulbar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: post-bul-bar
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

distal to the duodenal bulb

Example Sentences

"Duodenal GISTs mostly originate from postbulbar duodenal segments [21 ], which can be different from duodenal adenocarcinomas as the latter mostly arise from duodenal bulbs and appear as annular lesions at the site of the periampullary [7 ]."

Etymology

From post- + bulbar.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: post

Questions

What does postbulbar mean?: distal to the duodenal bulb
Where does postbulbar come from?: From post- + bulbar.

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