pylorus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin pylōrus, from Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós, “gatekeeper”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === pylorus (plural pylori or pyloruses) (anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum. A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ. ==== Synonyms ==== (stomach part that opens into the duodenum): pyloric sphincter ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós). === Noun === pylōrus m (genitive pylōrī); second declension The lower orifice of the stomach. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === 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