PYLORIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyloric mean? 

• PYLORIC (adjective)
  The adjective PYLORIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or near the pylorus

  Familiarity information: PYLORIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYLORIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or near the pylorus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

pylorus (a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum)

Derivation:

pylorus (a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum)

 Context examples 

Endocrine cells found in the pyloric gland mucosa (antral mucosa) of the stomach and responsible for the secretion of gastrin.

(G-Cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It results in the narrowing of the pyloric channel.

(Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes pyloric gland adenomas and foveolar-type adenomas.

(Gastric Adenoma, Gastric-Type, NCI Thesaurus)

Certain allelic variants of the NOS1 gene are associated with susceptibility to either infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis or Parkinson's disease.

(NOS1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs in the antrum and pyloric region and it may extend into the duodenum.

(Gastric Plexiform Fibromyxoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The initial part of the pyloric canal of the stomach.

(Antrum Pylori, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the celiac trunk that supplies the liver and branches to form the cystic, gastro-duodenalis and pyloric arteries.

(Hepatic artery, NCI Thesaurus)

It is concave in shape and extends from the cardiac orifice to the pyloric orifice.

(Lesser Curvature of the Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)

The main section of the digestive tube that connects the esophagus to the small intestine.The body proper excludes the upper and lower sections of the fundus and pyloric portion respectively.

(Body of Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)

Metoclopramide binds to dopamine 2 (D2) receptors in the peripheral nervous system (PNS), antagonizing dopamine-mediated relaxation of gastrointestinal smooth muscle and promoting gastroprokinesis; the pyloric sphincter and the duodenal bulb are relaxed, peristalsis of the duodenum and jejunum increase, and gastric emptying and intestinal transit accelerate.

(Metoclopramide Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)