pyloric incompetence


py·lor·ic in·com·pe·tence

a patulous state or want of tone of the pylorus that allows the passage of food into the intestine before gastric digestion is completed.

pyloric incompetence

A weakness of the pyloric sphincter, which permits undigested food to leave the stomach and enter the duodenum. See also: incompetence

py·lor·ic in·com·pe·tence

(pī-lōrik in-kompĕ-tĕns) Patulous state or want of tone of pylorus that allows passage of food into intestine before gastric digestion is completed.