postbulbar

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ bulbar.

Adjective

postbulbar (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) distal to the duodenal bulb
   • 2015 December 9, “Small Bowel Stromal Tumors: Different Clinicopathologic and Computed Tomography Features in Various Anatomic Sites”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Duodenal GISTs mostly originate from postbulbar duodenal segments [21 ], which can be different from duodenal adenocarcinomas as the latter mostly arise from duodenal bulbs and appear as annular lesions at the site of the periampullary [7 ].