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Definition: Pylorus |
PylorusNoun1. A small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenum. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Pylorus \Py*lo"rus\, noun; plural Pylori. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression pylorus, gate keeper; gate watcher, guardian.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The opening in a vertebrate from the stomach into the intestine. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Pylorus |
| English words defined with "pylorus": musculus sphincter pylori ♦ Pylori, pyloric, pyloric sphincter, pyloric valve. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pylorus": Dumping Syndrome ♦ Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia ♦ Receptors, Cholecystokinin ♦ Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Pylorus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (pylorus), Dutch (pylorus), German (pylorus). |
| "Pylorus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pylorus" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pylorus | 11 |
h pylorus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pylorus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | البواب فتحة بين المعدة و المعي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пилор. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 幽门 (Pylori). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pylorus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pylorus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یمینه در. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pylore. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pylorus, pförtner (doorman, gate keeper, gatekeeper, gateman, hospital porter, janitor, porter, usher, ushers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυλωρόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piloro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 幽門 (opening of stomach into duodenum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ゆうも" (anguish, mortification, opening of stomach into duodenum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 문 (Pylori). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | beeal-ghailley. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yloruspay piloro. (various references) привратник желудка, пилорус (pylori). (various references) piloro, píloro. (various references) กระเพาะอาหารส่วนท้ายที่เปิ"เข้าสู่ส่วน duodenum. (various references) pilor, mide kapısı. (various references) пілорус. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pylorus": pyloruses. (additional references) | |
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"Pylorus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pielou, pylor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pylorus" (pronounced 'Py*lo"rus'): Arcturus, Birrus, brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Carus, Ceratosaurus, Churrus, Citrus, Coenurus, gyrus, hadrosaurus, ichthyosaurus, Laurus, Malapterurus, Morosaurus, Morus, Mosasaurus, Paleosaurus, Palinurus, Papyrus, Pelorus, Pleiosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Pliosaurus, Proterosaurus, Pyrus, Scarus, Sciurus, Silurus, Strato-cirrus, Susurrus, thesaurus, torus, urus, Varus, Virus, Walrus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "l-o-p-r-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: sourly. | |
-2 letters: loups, lours, loury, lousy, ploys, polys, pours, prosy, purls, pursy, roups, roupy, slurp, soupy, surly, syrup, yours. | |
-3 letters: lops, lory, loup, lour, opus, ours, ploy, plus, pols, poly, posy, pour, pros, puls, purl, purs, ropy, rosy, roup, ruly, slop, slur, soul, soup, sour, spry, spur, your, yups. | |
-4 letters: lop, ops, ors, our. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-o-p-r-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: porously. | |
+2 letters: leprously, parlously, polyurias, profusely, prolusory, purposely, pyloruses. | |
+3 letters: compulsory, oversupply, pelycosaur, perilously, preciously, previously, pyrolusite, sportfully, spuriously, superalloy, superiorly, suppletory, upholstery, vaporously, viperously. | |
+4 letters: amorphously, fluoroscopy, imperiously, pelycosaurs, penuriously, playgrounds, polyandrous, polyestrous, ponderously, purposively, pyrolusites, rapaciously, rapturously, reposefully, stipulatory, superalloys. | |
+5 letters: bryophyllums, capriciously, compulsorily, counterplays, counterploys, hygrophilous, hyperarousal, imperviously, perfidiously, perjuriously, perniciously, polymorphous, polyneuritis, portentously, precariously, precociously, prodigiously, propitiously, prosperously, protrusively, purposefully, rampageously, scrupulosity, scrupulously, supplicatory, uproariously, viviparously, worshipfully. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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