postbulbar

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ bulbar

Adjective[edit]

postbulbar (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) distal to the duodenal bulb
    • 2015 December 9, “Small Bowel Stromal Tumors: Different Clinicopathologic and Computed Tomography Features in Various Anatomic Sites”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Duodenal GISTs mostly originate from postbulbar duodenal segments [21 ], which can be different from duodenal adenocarcinomas as the latter mostly arise from duodenal bulbs and appear as annular lesions at the site of the periampullary [7 ].