duodenum
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Over time, diets high in fat and sugar can alter the lining of the duodenum, changing how the body processes food and regulates hormones.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
But in 2022, Alberto became unwell and tests showed he had a rare cancerous tumour growing on his duodenum, which is at the top of the small intestine.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
In 1994 he performed the world’s first six-organ transplant, replacing a patient’s stomach, small intestine, duodenum, pancreas, liver and kidney in a single operation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
Calne also helped carry out the world’s first triple liver, lung and heart transplant in 1986 and in 1994 led a six-organ transplant of liver, kidney, stomach, duodenum, small intestine and pancreas.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
There is no gall-bladder, and the biliary duct enters the duodenum about 6 in. from the pylorus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
He who went received five lire a month from the State, and one lira from each of his colleagues in the duodena.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
It causes ulcers by digesting the lining of nervous stomachs and duodenums * as well as food.
From Time Magazine Archive
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