单词 | oddi |
释义 | Oddin. Anatomy. With of and in the genitive, esp. in sphincter of Oddi. Designating a ring of smooth muscle in the ampulla of Vater, which controls the flow of bile and pancreatic secretions into the duodenum. ΚΠ 1898 Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull. 9 223 Oddi does not attempt to demonstrate the sphincter muscle in man.] 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 153 473 During the storage the muscle fibers in the papilla are contracted and those of the gall-bladder are inhibited; during the discharge the gall-bladder contracts and Oddi's muscle is relaxed. 1918 Science 22 Mar. 298/1 A study of the comparative anatomy of the biliary tract and the sphincter of Oddi with special reference to animals without a gallbladder. 1940 E. Rosenthal Dis. Digestive Syst. iii. 315 Oddi's sphincter relaxes and a flow of bile takes place when magnesium sulphate is introduced into the duodenum of animals. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xxx. 808 Stasis of the bile in the gall-bladder may perhaps be due to spasm of the sphincter of Oddi. 1977 Lancet 28 May 1141/2 After food is eaten, the gallbladder contracts and the sphincter of Oddi relaxes, largely under the influence of the hormone cholecystokinin, which is released as food enters the upper small intestine. 1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 384/2 Of the remaining 23 patients, an alternative diagnosis was revealed in 11 (chronic pancreatitis in three, gastric carcinoma in two, tumour of the sphincter of Oddi in one, neuroendocrine tumour in one). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917 |
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