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prepyloric

prepyloric adjective: anterior to the pylorus.

Adjective

prepyloric (not comparable)

  1. anterior to the pylorus
    • The data obtained in this study indicate that postganglionic sympathetic nerve fibers supplying prepyloric area of the porcine stomach originate from the coeliac-cranial mesenteric ganglion complex (CCMG).2015 November 26, “The Influence of Prolonged Acetylsalicylic Acid Supplementation-Induced Gastritis on the Neurochemistry of the Sympathetic Neurons Supplying Prepyloric Region of the Porcine...

Origin of prepyloric

From pre- + pyloric.

Questions about prepyloric

What does prepyloric mean?
Prepyloric means anterior to the pylorus.
What part of speech is prepyloric?
Prepyloric is an adjective.

Words near prepyloric in the dictionary

  1. preputioplasty
  2. preputiotomy
  3. preputium
  4. prepycnotic
  5. prepyknotic
  6. prepyloric
  7. prepyriform
  8. preQ1
  9. prequadrate
  10. prequadratic
  11. prequal

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