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noun

Pylorus n. (pl. pylori) (Anat.)

(a)

The opening from the stomach into the intestine.

(b)

A posterior division of the stomach in some invertebrates.

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Etymology of 'Pylorus'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pylorus" Quotes from Famous Books

... his said brain, The stomach, like a belt. like an auger. The pylorus, like a pitchfork. The worm-like excrescence, like The windpipe, like an oyster- a Christmas-box. knife. The membranes, like a monk's The throat, like a pincushion cowl. stuffed with oakum. The funnel, like a mason's chisel. The lungs, like ...

— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais

Words linked to "Pylorus" : porta, pyloric sphincter, orifice, opening, musculus sphincter pylori, pyloric, pyloric valve