magenstrasse
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Magenstraße, from Magen (“stomach”) + Straße (“road, street”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.ɡənˌstrɑː.sə/
- Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧stra‧sse
Noun[edit]
magenstrasse (plural magenstrassen)
- 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
References[edit]
- “magenstrasse”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.