pylorus
pylorus
pylorus (py-lor-ŭs) n. the lower end of the stomach, which leads to the duodenum. It terminates at a ring of muscle (pyloric sphincter), which contracts to close the opening by which the stomach communicates with the duodenum.
—pyloric adj.
—pyloric adj.
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