PYLORUS


Meaning of PYLORUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -əs ]

noun

( plural py·lo·ri -ˈlȯr-ˌī, -(ˌ)ē)

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek pylōros, literally, gatekeeper, from pylē

Date: 1615

: the muscular opening from the vertebrate stomach into the intestine

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