PYLORIC STENOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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)

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