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Is pylorus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pylorus is a Scrabble US word. The word pylorus is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is pylorus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pylorus is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word pylorus is a Words With Friends word. The word pylorus is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PYLORUS,

6-letter words (3 found)

PROULS,SLURPY,SOURLY,

5-letter words (22 found)

LOUPS,LOURS,LOURY,LOUSY,PLOYS,POLYS,POURS,PROSY,PROUL,PURLS,PURSY,PYROS,ROULS,ROUPS,ROUPY,SLOPY,SLURP,SOUPY,SURLY,SYRUP,YORPS,YOURS,

4-letter words (44 found)

LOPS,LORY,LOUP,LOUR,LOUS,LOYS,LURS,OPUS,OUPS,OURS,PLOY,PLUS,POLS,POLY,PORY,POSY,POUR,PROS,PRYS,PULS,PULY,PURL,PURS,PUYS,PYRO,ROPY,ROSY,ROUL,ROUP,RULY,RYUS,SLOP,SLUR,SOUL,SOUP,SOUR,SPRY,SPUR,UPSY,URPS,YORP,YOUR,YOUS,YUPS,

3-letter words (37 found)

LOP,LOR,LOS,LOU,LOY,LUR,OPS,ORS,OUP,OUR,OUS,OYS,PLU,PLY,POL,POS,PRO,PRY,PUL,PUR,PUS,PUY,RYU,SLY,SOL,SOP,SOU,SOY,SPY,SUP,SUR,UPO,UPS,URP,YOU,YUP,YUS,

2-letter words (13 found)

LO,OP,OR,OS,OU,OY,PO,SO,UP,UR,US,YO,YU,

You can make 120 words from pylorus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pylorus

pylorus

Etymology

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

Noun

pylorus (plural pylori or pyloruses)

  1. (anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.
  2. A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.

Synonyms

  • (stomach part that opens into the duodenum): pyloric sphincter

Derived terms

  • pyloric
  • pyloro-

Translations

See also

  • pylorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós).

Noun

pylōrus m (genitive pylōrī); second declension

  1. The lower orifice of the stomach.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

  • “pylorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pylorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “pylorus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Source: wiktionary.org