HyperDic: pylorus

English > 1 sense of the word pylorus:
NOUNbodypylorusa small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum
English > pylorus: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
Partspyloric sphincter, pyloric valve, musculus sphincter pyloriThe sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenum
Broaderorifice, opening, portaAn aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
Spanishpíloro, portanario
Catalanpílor
Adjectivespyloricrelating to or near the pylorus

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