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Meaning of pylorus

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pylorus

noun

Definitions

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

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

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pylorus

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