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Definition: Pyloric |
PyloricAdjective1. Relating to or near the pylorus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Pyloric \Py*lor"ic\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression pylorique.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Pyloric |
| English words defined with "pyloric": ateria gastrica dextra ♦ chyme ♦ pyloric stenosis ♦ right gastric artery. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pyloric": G Cells, Gastric Mucosa ♦ Pepsinogens. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Pyloric" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pyloric" is used about 69 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 69 | 40,280 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pyloric": Pyloric Sphincter ♦ Pyloric Stenosis ♦ pyloric valve ♦ pyloric vein. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "pyloric": fundic-pyloric. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
pyloric stenosis | 141 |
h pyloric | 17 |
pyloric | 13 |
pyloric sphincter | 12 |
pyloric valve | 10 |
hypertrophic pyloric stenosis | 4 |
pyloric spasm | 4 |
pyloric stynosis | 3 |
bacterium h pyloric | 3 |
pyloric ulcer | 2 |
picture pyloric stenosis | 2 |
bacterium pyloric | 2 |
image pyloric stenosis | 2 |
pyloric stenosis ultrasound | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pyloric"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pyloro-, pylorisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pylorisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pylorique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pylorisch, pyloricus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυλωρικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pilorico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 幽門狭窄 (pyloric stenosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ゆうも"きょうさく (pyloric stenosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yloricpay teste de tolerância pilórica de Boas (Boas gastric passage test, Boas pyloric tolerance test), esfíncter pilórico (pyloric folds, sphincter antri). (various references) пилорусный. (various references) pilórico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Pyloric" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: epiploic, Pilbora, pxloric, pylor, pyulori. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pyloric" (pronounced 'Py*lor"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-l-o-p-r-y" | |
-1 letter: policy, pylori, ropily. | |
-2 letters: lyric, pricy, pyric, roily. | |
-3 letters: clip, clop, cloy, coil, coir, coly, copy, cory, crop, loci, lory, oily, pily, ploy, poly, pyic, roil, ropy. | |
-4 letters: col, cop, cor, coy, cry, icy, lip, lop, oil, orc, pic, ply, poi, pol, pro, pry, rip, roc, yip. | |
-5 letters: li, lo, op, or, oy, pi, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-l-o-p-r-y" | |
+1 letter: croupily, polyuric, propylic, pyrrolic. | |
+2 letters: micropyle, polymeric, pyrolytic. | |
+3 letters: cryophilic, hyperbolic, hypergolic, microphyll, micropylar, micropyles, orphically, plyometric, preciously, proclivity, profligacy, tropically. | |
+4 letters: applicatory, coplanarity, copolymeric, corporality, corruptibly, cryptologic, explicatory, hydrophilic, incorruptly, inculpatory, microphylls, parfocality, parochially, pictorially, plyometrics, polycentric, polygraphic, polymorphic, prolificacy, prolificity, prosaically, proteolytic, pyroclastic, rapaciously, trophically, xylographic. | |
+5 letters: capriciously, chalcopyrite, compulsorily, copolymerize, corporeality, corruptively, cryptologies, cryptologist, cyclosporine, entropically, euphorically, glycoprotein, hieroglyphic, hyperbolical, hypochlorite, hypocritical, incomparably, lexicography, lycanthropic, microcephaly, myrmecophile, operatically, paranoically, periodically, perniciously, policyholder, polycentrism, polychromies, polychroming, polyhistoric, polyrhythmic, precariously, precociously, productively, proficiently, projectively, prolifically, prophylactic, prosodically, prostacyclin, protectively, prototypical, provincially, pyroelectric, pyromaniacal, reciprocally, reproducibly, scrupulosity, sporadically, supplicatory. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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