duodenal ulcer
Americannoun
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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
Despite his youthful face, Ullah, 41, relies on tranquilizers to remain calm, and the occasional stabbing pain warns him when too much stress has awakened his duodenal ulcer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stricken with a duodenal ulcer, Charles Evans Hughes, 77, lay in his bed at home, so sick that his friends regretfully concluded he would never again take his place upon the Supreme Bench.
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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