Words Like PYLORUS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PYLORUS.

3 Alternative Words Similar to pylorus

1 Opening Noun      Synonym Words Like Opening
2 Orifice Noun      Synonym Words Like Orifice
3 Porta Noun      Synonym Words Like Porta

10 definitions of pylorus

1 The opening from the stomach into the intestine.
2 A posterior division of the stomach in some invertebrates.
3 a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum
4 The passage at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.
5 In the early church, a doorkeeper; an ostiary (which see).
6 In anatomy: The orifice of communication between the stomach and the intestine, by which the contents of the stomach pass into the intestine.
7 The fold of mucous membrane, containing muscular fibers, which guards the pyloric orifice, or other contrivance for retarding or opposing the passage of food from the stomach into the intestine.
8 The pyloric end or division of the stomach.
9 In Hydrozoa, a valvular structure which separates the gastric from the somatic cavity in the siphonophorous hydrozoans.
10 The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.
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