pylorus

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin, from Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós, gatekeeper).

Noun[edit]

pylorus (plural pylori or pyloruses)

  1. (anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
  2. A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós).

Noun[edit]

pylōrus m (genitive pylōrī); second declension

  1. The lower orifice of the stomach.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pylōrus pylōrī
Genitive pylōrī pylōrōrum
Dative pylōrō pylōrīs
Accusative pylōrum pylōrōs
Ablative pylōrō pylōrīs
Vocative pylōre pylōrī

References[edit]

  • pylorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pylorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • pylorus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly