pylorus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós, “gatekeeper”).

Noun

pylorus (plural pylori or pyloruses)

1. (anatomy) The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.
2. A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

Synonyms

• pyloric sphincter

Derived terms

• pyloric

Translations

opening between the stomach and duodenum

• Catalan: pílor m
• Czech: vrátník (cs) m
• Hungarian: gyomorkapu
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 幽門 (ゆうもん, yūmon)
• Russian: привратник желудка m (privratnik želudka)
• Spanish: píloro (es) m

See also

• pylorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós)

Noun

pylorus m (genitive pylorī); second declension

1. The lower orifice of the stomach.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pylorus	pylorī
Genitive	pylorī	pylorōrum
Dative	pylorō	pylorīs
Accusative	pylorum	pylorōs
Ablative	pylorō	pylorīs
Vocative	pylore	pylorī

References

• “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