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dodecadactylum

dodecadactylum

English

Noun

dodecadactylum (plural dodecadactyla)

  1. (obsolete) duodenum

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References

  • Dodecadactylum” listed in Gloſſographia Anglicana Nova : or, A Dictionary, interpreting ſuch Hard Words of whatever Language, as are at preſent uſed in the Engliſh Tongue, with their Etymologies, Definitions, &c. (1707)
    Dodecadactylum, is the first of the ſmall Guts, beginning from the Pylorus of the Stomach, and ending where the Gut Jejunum begins.