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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 duodenum
Familiarity information: PYLORIC STENOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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