Hey all!

How do you and your doctors pronounce 'duodenal'? My surgeon says 'doo-uh-DEE-null," so that's what I say, but I hear a ton of people at my other appointments say 'doo-wODD-null.' Just wondering what the majority is! :-)

Edited June 9, 20179 yr by passion4film

Dictionary gives four possible pronunciations:

doo-uh-deen-l, dyoo-uh-deen-l, doo-od-n-uh l, dyoo-od-n-uh l

I go in and call it duo-dizl. Just for fun.

Edited June 9, 20179 yr by Navigating the Wilderness

A website I use constantly is OneLook.com, which searches multiple dictionaries for words. When you search for a word, it pops up one definition on the right side of the page, along with a symbol you can press to hear the pronunciation.

I go in and call it duo-dizl. Just for fun. [emoji4]

Ha! That's cute.
I call it doo ah dermal. Yeah, I know there's no "r".
I had never heard of it until I joined here.

@passion4filmEither is good. DS is easiest.

At my doctor's office some say it it each way that you listed. It confuses me so I just say DS.