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postpyloric

postpyloric adjective: posterior to the pylorus.

Adjective

postpyloric (not comparable)

  1. posterior to the pylorus

Origin of postpyloric

From post- + pyloric.

Questions about postpyloric

What does postpyloric mean?
Postpyloric means posterior to the pylorus.
What part of speech is postpyloric?
Postpyloric is an adjective.

Words near postpyloric in the dictionary

  1. postpunks
  2. postpupation
  3. postpurchase
  4. postpycnotic
  5. postpyknotic
  6. postpyloric
  7. postpyretic
  8. postquadrate
  9. postquadratic
  10. postqualification
  11. postqualifying

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