Associations to the word «Pylorus»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PYLORUS, noun. A small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche