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Pylorus

noun
(pl. pylori)
1.
A small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum.





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"Pylorus" Quotes from Famous Books



... difficult to obtain; unless where some other more mortal disease exists. In one, scirrhus of the pylorus was found; the stomach greatly enlarged; the small intestines contracted, red outside and gray within. (Where was the redness situated; in the peritoneal or the muscular coat? We must guess the latter.) The ...
— North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 • Various
... order of frequency the sites of cicatricial stenosis are: 1. At the crossing of the left bronchus; 2. In the region of the cricopharyngeus; 3. At the hiatal level. Stricture at the cardia has rarely been encountered in the Bronchoscopic Clinic. Stenosis of the pylorus has ...
— Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy - A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery • Chevalier Jackson


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


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