| pyloric vein | <anatomy, vein> It receives veins from both surfaces of the upper portion of the stomach, runs to the right along the lesser curvature of the stomach, and empties into the portal vein. Synonym: vena gastrica dextra, pyloric vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pyloristenosis | Stricture or narrowing of the orifice of the pylorus. Synonym: pylorostenosis. Origin: pylor-+ G. Stenosis, a narrowing (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloritis | Inflammation of the pyloric end of the stomach. Origin: pylor-+ G. -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloro- | The pylorus. Origin: G. Pyloros, gatekeeper (05 Mar 2000) |
| pylorodiosis | An obsolete term for operative dilation of the pylorus. Origin: pyloro-+ G. Diosis, pushing apart (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloroduodenitis | Inflammation involving the pyloric outlet of the stomach and the duodenum. Origin: pyloro-+ duodenitis (05 Mar 2000) |
| pylorogastrectomy | Excision of the pylorus. Synonym: gastropylorectomy, pylorogastrectomy. Origin: pylor-+ G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloromyotomy | Longitudinal incision through the anterior wall of the pyloric canal to the level of the submucosa, to treat hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Synonym: Fredet-Ramstedt operation, Ramstedt operation. Origin: pyloro-+ G. Mys, muscle, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloroplasty | Widening of the pyloric canal and any adjacent duodenal stricture by means of a longitudinal incision closed transversely. Origin: pyloro-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloroptosia | Downward displacement of the pyloric end of the stomach. Origin: pyloro-+ G. Ptosis, a falling (05 Mar 2000) |
| pylorospasm | Spasmodic contraction of the pylorus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pylorostenosis | Stricture or narrowing of the orifice of the pylorus. Synonym: pylorostenosis. Origin: pylor-+ G. Stenosis, a narrowing (05 Mar 2000) |
| pylorostomy | Establishment of a fistula from the abdominal surface into the stomach near the pylorus. Origin: pyloro-+ G. Stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| pylorotomy | Incision of the pylorus. Origin: pyloro-+ G. Tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| pylorus | <anatomy> The opening in a vertebrate from the stomach into the intestine. Origin: Gr. Pyloros = gatekeeper (18 Nov 1997) |