duodenum: [14] The term duodenum, for the first part of the small intestine, originated as a measure of length. It comes from the medieval Latin phrase intestinum duodēnum digitōrum ‘intestine of twelve digits’ – that is, twelve finger-breadths long, or just over 20 centimetres. Latin duodēnī meant literally ‘twelve each’; it was a derivative of duodecim ‘twelve’ (source also of English dozen). => dozen
duodenum (n.)
late 14c., from Medieval Latin duodenum digitorium "space of twelve digits," from Latin duodeni "twelve each." Coined by Gerard of Cremona (d.1187), who translated "Canon Avicennae," a loan-translation of Greek dodekadaktylon, literally "twelve fingers long," the intestine part so called by Greek physician Herophilus (c. 353-280 B.C.E.) for its length, about equal to the breadth of twelve fingers.
雙語例句
1. The distal duodenum and jejunum remain on the right side of the spine .
遠端十二指腸及空腸仍處于脊椎右側。
來自辭典例句
2. This juice - about a quart a day -- pours into my duodenum, neutralizing acids.
這種消化液(每天約分泌1品脫)流入我的十二指腸, 把酸中和了.
來自辭典例句
3. After the colon, the duodenum is the most common site for diverticulum.
繼結腸源, 十二指腸是憩室最多見的部位.
來自辭典例句
4. The stomach and duodenum may be considered logically as a unit.
胃和十二指腸可邏輯地考慮為一個單元.
來自辭典例句
5. My duodenum produces a substance called secretion, which empties into Joe's bloodstream.