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- noun anatomy A
muscular valve that controls the flow ofdigestive juices (bile andpancreatic juice) through theampulla of Vater into the second part of theduodenum .
Etymologies
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After Ruggero Oddi (1864-1913), Italian physiologist and anatomist.
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Almost a collective. A sphincter of oddities in ein ampulla of kaltes Vater.
January 16, 2013