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Pylorus

The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.

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noun
  1. 1

    The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.

  2. 2

    A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

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