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pyloroplasty (py- lor -oh-plasti) n. a surgical operation in which the pylorus is widened by a form of reconstruction. It is done to allow the contents of the stomach to pass more easily into the duodenum. ...
January 1, 2008; A Dictionary of Nursing

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