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pyloric

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[pahy-lawr-ik] / paɪˈlɔr ɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to or affecting the pylorus.


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