magenstrasse

Meaning

Noun

  • a groove in the stomach along the lesser curvature that is the route food and liquids tend to take in moving toward the pylorus and that is a frequent site of peptic ulcer formation

Origin

  • From German Magenstraße, from Magen + Straße.

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