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pylorus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pylorus  \Py*lo"rus\,  n.;  pl  {Pylori}.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?  pylorus, 
  gate  keeper;  ?  a  gate  +  ?  watcher,  guardian.]  (Anat.) 
  a  The  opening  from  the  stomach  into  the  intestine. 
  b  A  posterior  division  of  the  stomach  in  some 
  invertebrates. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pylorus 
  n  :  a  small  circular  opening  between  the  stomach  and  the 
  duodenum 




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