Pylorus

What do we mean by pylorus?

The passage at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum. noun

In the early church, a doorkeeper; an ostiary (which see). noun

In anatomy: The orifice of communication between the stomach and the intestine, by which the contents of the stomach pass into the intestine. noun

The fold of mucous membrane, containing muscular fibers, which guards the pyloric orifice, or other contrivance for retarding or opposing the passage of food from the stomach into the intestine. noun

The pyloric end or division of the stomach. noun

In Hydrozoa, a valvular structure which separates the gastric from the somatic cavity in the siphonophorous hydrozoans. noun

The opening from the stomach into the intestine. noun

A posterior division of the stomach in some invertebrates. noun

The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum. noun

A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ. noun

A small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum noun

The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.

A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

Words that are spelled similarly to pylorus:
pylorus, pelorus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pylorus:
duodenum, sphincter, gastric, stomach, digestion, intestine, pancreatic, artery, surgery, cells, upper, food, greater, parts, related, via, less, body, level, common, small.

Words that rhyme with pylorus:
tylarus.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pylorus:
hypertrophied, normal, thickened, gastric, open, closed, double, diseased, human, narrow, enlarged, obstructed, feline, constricted, intact, stenosed, elongated, palpable, scirrhous, relaxed, hypertrophic, contracted, agitated, patulous, incompetent, hardened, isolated, ligated, distal, stenotic, inner, cancerous, hog, competent, scarred, terminal, gastroduodenal, carcinomatous, spastic, incised, spasmodic, above, indurated, innervated, tight, patent, near, strictured, morbid, gaping, distinct, stomach.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pylorus:
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Consonant match to pylorus:
polaris, pelorus.

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