pylorus
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin, from πυλωρός (“gatekeeper”)
[edit] Noun
pylorus (plural pylori or pyloruses)
- (anatomy) The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.
- A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.
