duodenal ulcer

1. 1.

   a peptic ulcer of the duodenum

   Broaderpeptic ulcer

Questions about duodenal ulcer

What does duodenal ulcer mean?

duodenal ulcer means "a peptic ulcer of the duodenum".

Is duodenal ulcer a common word?

duodenal ulcer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.