Pylorus
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pylorus is a noun meaning (anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
Meaning
(anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
More Meanings
- A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.
Word Forms
- pylori
- pyloruses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypertrophied, relaxes, pylorotomy, duodenum, pyloromyotomy, pylorospasm.
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