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

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  • (noun) The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.
  • (noun) A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun The opening in a vertebrate, including humans, at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum.
  2. 2
    noun A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

Synonyms

pyloric sphincter
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