Medical Root

jejun/o

jejunum

From Latin jejunus, fasting, empty

Meaning

What does jejun/o mean?

jejun/o is a root meaning jejunum. It comes from Latin jejunus, fasting, empty.

Inside words it is spelled jejun.

Middle part of the small intestine; its Latin name means empty, as it was thought to be empty after death.

In real words

gastrojejunostomy
surgery joining the stomach to the jejunum so food bypasses the duodenum
jejunostomy
1. Rootjejun/ojejunum
2. Suffix-ostomysurgical creation of an opening
surgery that makes an opening into the jejunum from outside the body, often for a feeding tube
jejunal
1. Rootjejun/ojejunum
2. Suffix-alpertaining to
relating to the jejunum, the middle part of the small intestine

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Practice it

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