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pyloric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
py-loric
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the pylorus.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pylorus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pyloric From pylorus + -ic.

Derived Forms

antropyloric cardiopyloric gastropyloric infrapyloric juxtapyloric peripyloric postpyloric prepyloric pseudopyloric pylorically suprapyloric transpyloric

Phrases

pyloric antrum pyloric artery pyloric caeca pyloric caecum pyloric ring pyloric sac pyloric sphincter pyloric stenosis

Questions

What does pyloric mean?
Of or relating to the pylorus.
Where does pyloric come from?
Etymology tree English pylorus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pyloric From pylorus + -ic.

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