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The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 pyloroplasty /plr'uplas't/, surgery done to relieve pyloric stenosis. In the treatment of an ulcer of the first part of the small intestine (duodenal), the operation allows the alkaline substances released by the duodenum to flow back into the stomach. ...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia

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