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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

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

In September 1914 the appendix of Prince Albert was removed, in 1917 he was operated upon for acute duodenal ulcer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Burns may cause death from shock, suffocation, œdema glottidis, inflammation of serous surfaces, bronchitis, pneumonia, duodenal ulcer, coma, or exhaustion.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

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