pyloric
Americanadjective
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She started donating after Nigel underwent life saving surgery as a baby to treat pyloric stenosis, a serious condition affecting newborns where the passage between the stomach and the small bowel becomes narrower.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
A few hours later, the hospital’s sonogram report suggested pyloric stenosis, a condition caused by a tight muscle that prevents food from exiting the stomach and entering the intestines.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2017
Cells that make up the pyloric antrum secrete mucus and a number of hormones, including the majority of the stimulatory hormone, gastrin.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
But in Gulp, as with partly digested food, after the pyloric sphincter, the gateway to the small intestine, there’s no turning back.
From Slate ● May 3, 2013
He wondered whether his pyloric valve might be trying, Cassandralike, to tell him something.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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