jejuno-
1
a combining form representing jejunum, in compound words:
jejunostomy.
Related Word
- jejunostomy
1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 591The jejuno-duodenal orifice is narrowed.
1876 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (rev. ed. ) 561/2Jejunoileum.
1955 R. T. Shackelford Bickham-CallanderSurg. Alimentary Tract II. vii. 999The jejunoileum..is coiled in a complicated fashion.
1925 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 13) 595/2Jejunojejunostomy.
1955 R. T. Shackelford Bickham-CallanderSurg. Alimentary Tract I. ii. 330Most surgeons do not perform jejunojejunostomy routinely with antecolic gastrojejunostomy.
1885 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Dec. 1063/2For the operation of jejunostomy, as he termed the one that he detailed, he claimed that..it was..the best palliative operation for pyloric cancer. [ sc. C. H. Golding-Bird]
1948 T. H. Somervell Surg. Stomach & Duodenum xxvii. 500The patient is well nursed, and nourished through the jejunostomy.
1971 Carey & Albertin Ellison's AtlasSurg. Stomach & Duodenum ix. 125Even though parenteral hyperalimentation has decreased the need for jejunostomy, it remains a valuable procedure.
Ibid. 130Feedings through the jejunostomy should not be attempted until the return of normal bowel activity.
jejuno-
combining form
see jejun-
see jejun-