myEtymology.com: English etymology of pyloroplasty

Etymology of the English word pyloroplasty

the English word pyloroplasty

derived from the English word pylorus

derived from the Late Latin word pylorus (pylorus, lower orifice of stomach, opening from stomach to duodenum)

derived from the Greek word pulorus

derived from the Greek word puloros, πυλωρός

derived from the Greek word pule, πύλη (a gate; the leaf or wing of a folding entrance )

derived from the Greek word orao, ὀράω

derived from the Greek word pulouros (gate-keeper)

using the English suffix -plasty

Word found in Modern English