pylorus

n. 幽门 [医] 幽门

发音

US

词形变化

pylori 复数 pylori pyloruses pyloruses 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.

    幽门

    医学 生物
  2. 2.

    A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

opening porta orifice

部分词 2

pyloric sphincter pyloric valve

词源

From Latin pylōrus, from Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós, “gatekeeper”).

来源：wiktionary