pylor-, pyloro-, pylori- +

The strong band of muscle between the stomach and the small intestine: The pyloric sphincter is a muscular valve that regulates the flow of substances out of the stomach.

A narrowing of the pylorus, the opening between the stomach and into the small intestine; A condition of pyloric stenosis prevents the normal and usual passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum.

Surgical dilation or expanding the opening of a contracted or tighter pylorus opening: During surgery involving a condition of pylorodiosis, the doctor uses his fingers to widen or stretch the opening of the stomach leading to the small intestine.

Relating to or a reference to the pylorus: A photo of the pyloroduodenal structure showed the opening from the stomach into the intestine and the duodenum (the first part of the intestine).

Inflammation involving the pyloric outlet of the stomach and the duodenum which is the first or proximal part of the small intestine, extending from the pylorus to the jejunum (part of the small intestine), so called because it is about twelve fingerbreadths in length: A case of pyloroduodenitis is serious and caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and causes symptoms. like , nausea, stomach ache and an increase of ulcers.

The excision of the pylorus (opening from the stomach and the first part of the small intestine) and the connecting part of the stomach; pylorectomy; gastropylorectomy: Doctors perform pylorogastrectomies when a person has a severe ulcer, a tumor, or a blockage.

Longitudinal surgical incision through the anterior wall of the pyloric canal to the level of the submucosa (tissue): A pyloromyotomy is important to treat hypertrophic pyloric stenosis which is the narrowing of the pyloric canal due to muscular hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement) of the surrounding circular muscle.

Pyloric stenosis occurs more often in boys than in girls, and is rare in children older than six months because the condition is usually diagnosed by the time a child is six months old.

The surgical alteration to widen the pylorous: A pyloroplasty is necessary in order to facilitate the passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum or small intestine.

A pyloroplasty is a surgical operation to widen the opening between the stomach and the small intestine, which allows stomach contents to pass more freely from the stomach.

With the patient under anesthesia the pyloric opening is dilated or expanded and diarrhea is a common postoperative complication.

A pyloroplasty is an elective surgical procedure in which the lower portion of the stomach, the pylorus, is cut and resutured, to relax the muscle and to widen the opening into the intestine.

Pyloroplasty is a treatment for high-risk patients for gastric or peptic ulcer disease.

A peptic ulcer is a sore on the stomach where the lining of the stomach or duodenum has been eaten away by stomach acid and digestive juices.

The end of the pylorus is surrounded by a strong band of muscle (pyloric sphincter), through which the contents of the stomach are emptied into the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). Pyloroplasty widens this opening into the duodenum.

Downward displacement (out of position) of the pyloric end of the stomach: In medical school, the students were shown a photo of a pyloroptosia in which the pyloric part of the stomach had been shifted or disturbed.

An endoscopic (internal) inspection of the pylorus: Because Dr. Smart thought that the small opening between Mr. Small's stomach and the duodenum was not functioning properly, a pyloroscopy had to be performed.

A surgical opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach near the pylorus: A pylorostomy is the surgical formation of a fistula (opening) from the abdominal surface into the stomach near the pylorus.

A muscular or myovascular structure that opens or closes an orifice or lumen of an organ: A pylorus can be the opening from the stomach into the top of the small intestine or duodenum

The pylorus is the valve which releases food from the stomach into the intestines.

The pylorus is the passage at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.