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PYLORIC STENOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyloric stenosis mean? 

PYLORIC STENOSIS (noun)
  The noun PYLORIC STENOSIS has 1 sense:

1. narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenumplay

  Familiarity information: PYLORIC STENOSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PYLORIC STENOSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Narrowing of the pyloric sphincter that blocks the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pyloric stenosis" is a kind of...):

stenosis; stricture (abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway)


 Context examples 


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)



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