n. pl. py·lo·ri (-lôrī′) The passage at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum. [Late Latin pylōrus, from Greek pulōros : pulē, gate + ouros, guard; see wer-3 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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