jejun/o

The root in words about the jejunum, the middle stretch of the small intestine (after the duodenum, before the ileum), where much of the food's nutrients are absorbed. A jejunostomy is an opening into it, often for a feeding tube (a J-tube). Other roots for the gut are enter/oenter/oEN-ter-ohA word part that means intestine, usually the small intestine.Full entry Close (intestine) and gastr/ogastr/oGAS-trohA word part that means stomach.Full entry Close (stomach).