See Also: Vater(dictionary)
VATER(health)
vater(medicine)
Ampulla of Vater(health)
vater's ampulla(medicine)
papilla of Vater(medicine)
ampulla of vater(medicine)
Vater, Abraham(medicine)
Vater's fold(medicine)
Vater's corpuscles(medicine)

Vater (iou)



Vater noun. M19.
[Abraham Vater (1684-1751), German anatomist.]
Anatomy. Used in possess. to designate various structures in the body.
Vater's ampulla a dilatation formed by the joining of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct before they enter the duodenum. Vater's corpuscle a lamellated or Pacinian corpuscle. Vater's papilla a small elevation in the lumen of the duodenum where the combined bile and pancreatic duct enters it.