pyloric lymph nodes

py·lor·ic lymph nodes

[TA] group of lymph nodes surrounding the pylorus, draining lymph into the right gastric or the right gastro-omental lymph nodes; subdivided into three smaller groups: suprapyloric nodes, superior to the pylorus; subpyloric nodes, inferior to the pylorus; and retropyloric nodes, posterior to the pylorus. Synonym(s): gastroduodenal lymph nodes, nodi lymphoidei pylorici