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duodenal ulcer

American  

noun

Pathology.
  1. a peptic ulcer located in the duodenum.


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Robyn Goldie died after suffering a perforated duodenal ulcer.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2025

His brother Christopher died from a perforated duodenal ulcer at the age of 21.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2023

Vinoba Bhave is a sick man: he has a duodenal ulcer and malaria.

From Time Magazine Archive

They do not explain why duodenal ulcer tends to come in the twenties and thirties and why gastric ulcer tends to come in the thirties and forties.

From Time Magazine Archive

My wife has possessed a duodenal ulcer for fourteen years come September, and—" "Be hanged to your duodenal ulcer!

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John

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