PYLORUS (pylori)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: pylori   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pylorus mean? 

• PYLORUS (noun)
  The noun PYLORUS has 1 sense:

1. a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum

  Familiarity information: PYLORUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYLORUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pylorus" is a kind of...):

opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)

Meronyms (parts of "pylorus"):

musculus sphincter pylori; pyloric sphincter; pyloric valve (the sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenum)

Derivation:

pyloric (relating to or near the pylorus)

 Context examples 

Such cases are resistant to Helicobacter pylori therapy.

(Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of the Helicobacter pylori IgG antibody in a sample.

(Helicobacter pylori IgG Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises from the pylorus.

(Gastric Pylorus Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Helicobacter pylori.

(Helicobacter pylori, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The type species is Helicobacter pylori.

(Helicobacter, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the Helicobacter pylori IgG antibody in a biological specimen.

(Helicobacter pylori IgG Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A bacterial infection of the stomach, caused by Helicobacter pylori.

(Helicobacter Pylori Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

The most common cause is infection with a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori.

(Peptic Ulcer, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A low grade, indolent B-cell lymphoma that is associated with Helicobacter pylori infection.

(Helicobacter Pylori-Associated Gastric Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the gastric mucosa and is caused by persistent infection with Helicobacter pylori.

(Helicobacter Pylori-Related Gastric Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)