n, pl  -de*na  or  -de*nums  :  a congenital or acquired dilatation and elongation of the duodenum with hypertrophy of all layers that presents as a feeling of gastric fullness, epigastric pain, belching, heartburn, and nausea with vomiting sometimes of food eaten 24 hours before .
 
   
 
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