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pyloric | pyloric sphincter | pyloric stenosis | pyloric valve | pyloric vein | pylorus | pynchon | pyne | pynoun | pyocyanase | pyocyanin

pylorus

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Noun
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py=lo=rus

CIDE DICTIONARY

pylorusn. [L., fr. Gr. pylorus, gate keeper; a gate + watcher, guardian.].
     The opening from the stomach into the intestine.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pylorus, n. (pl. pylori) Anat. the opening from the stomach into the duodenum.

Derivative
pyloric adj.
Etymology
LL f. Gk puloros, pulouros gatekeeper f. pule gate + ouros warder

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