pyloric
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- postpyloric adjective
- prepyloric adjective
- transpyloric adjective
Example Sentences
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Leiland-James then started crying more and losing weight, leading to an eventual diagnosis of pyloric stenosis, a narrowing of the small intestine which was stopping milk from reaching his stomach.
From BBC • May 17, 2022
A few hours later, the hospital’s sonogram report suggested pyloric stenosis, a condition caused by a tight muscle that prevents food from exiting the stomach and entering the intestines.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2017
The wider end of the funnel, the pyloric antrum, connects to the body of the stomach.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
But in Gulp, as with partly digested food, after the pyloric sphincter, the gateway to the small intestine, there’s no turning back.
From Slate • May 3, 2013
He wondered whether his pyloric valve might be trying, Cassandralike, to tell him something.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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