pylorus

English

Etymology

From Latin, from 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.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós)

Noun

pylorus m (genitive pylori); second declension

  1. The lower orifice of the stomach.

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
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