Pylorus
81Operation — Although there are many meanings to the word operation , in medicine it refers to a surgical procedure. To put matters more formally, an operation is an act or series of acts performed upon the body with the hand alone or by means of an… …
82prepyloric — Anterior to or preceding the pylorus; denoting a temporary constriction of the wall of the stomach separating the fundus from the antrum during digestion. * * * pre·py·lo·ric .prē pī lōr ik adj situated or occurring anterior to the pylorus… …
83pylorectomy — Excision of the pylorus. [pylor + G. ektome, excision] * * * py·lo·rec·to·my .pī lə rek tə mē n, pl mies surgical excision of the pyloric end of the stomach * * * n. a surgical operation in which the muscular outlet of the stomach (pylorus) is… …
84pylorospasm — Spasmodic contraction of the pylorus. * * * py·lo·ro·spasm pī lōr ə .spaz əm n spasm of the pyloric sphincter often marked by pain and vomiting * * * n. closure of the outlet of the stomach (pylorus) due to muscle spasm, leading to delay in the… …
85píloro — (Del lat. pylorus < gr. pyloros < pyle, puerta + ora, vigilancia.) ► sustantivo masculino ANATOMÍA Abertura inferior del estómago por donde se comunica con el intestino. SINÓNIMO portanario * * * píloro (del lat. «pylōrus», del gr.… …
86pyloric — adjective relating to or near the pylorus • Pertains to noun: ↑pylorus • Derivationally related forms: ↑pylorus …
87pylor- — combining form or pyloro Etymology: Late Latin pylorus more at pylorus : pylorus pyloralgia pylorocleisis …
88py|lor|o|spasm — «py LR uh spaz uhm, LOHR ; pih », noun. a closing of the pylorus; spasm of the pylorus or of the part of the stomach close to the pylorus: »Heavy drinking may also produce in some people the condition called pylorospasm (Scientific American) …
89Bloat — is a medical condition in which the stomach becomes overstretched by excessive gas content. It is also commonly referred to as torsion, gastric torsion, and gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV) when the stomach is also twisted. The word bloat is… …
90Esophagogastroduodenoscopy — EGD redirects here. For the computer software Entropy Gathering Daemon, see /dev/random. For other expansions of the initialism OGD , see the disambiguation page. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Intervention Endosc …
