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
The duodenum is separated from the stomach by the pyloric sphincter which opens to allow chyme to move from the stomach to the duodenum.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Leiland-James then started crying more and losing weight, leading to an eventual diagnosis of pyloric stenosis, a narrowing of the small intestine which was stopping milk from reaching his stomach.
From BBC • May 17, 2022
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
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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