The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . Pygostyle.—Eiyhl vertcbncof .^neagle (//rt/iVi^/;*^ leufocirfhiitHf), of whichthe l.^.st. /, is the pyyostyle. (Two thirdsn.^tur.^1 size.) Pylon.— I tMiipIe of Edfou, Egypt. mid. through which the passage for the gate was pierceil,but was more typically a combination of two such trun-cated pyramidal structures, connected by a lower archi-tectural member, in which was the gate proper. Theywere covered with elaborate decoration in , t

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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . Pygostyle.—Eiyhl vertcbncof .^neagle (//rt/iVi^/;*^ leufocirfhiitHf), of whichthe l.^.st. /, is the pyyostyle. (Two thirdsn.^tur.^1 size.) Pylon.— I tMiipIe of Edfou, Egypt. mid. through which the passage for the gate was pierceil,but was more typically a combination of two such trun-cated pyramidal structures, connected by a lower archi-tectural member, in which was the gate proper. Theywere covered with elaborate decoration in , together with hieroglyphic inscriptions. fhOften used synonymously with propi/ton. (Com- IWpare propyloa.) Various fiUnts of the pylon are Uicro-used as hieroglyphic symbols. That shown in the Byptccut stands for On, tlie Greek lleliopolis. ^ pylorectomy (pi-lo-rek(o-mi), n. [< )ir- loriis + Gr. iK-o/i//, a cutting out.] Excision ofthe pylorus, as for cancer,pyloric(pi-lorik), rt. and n. [< NL. jiyhiriis + -ir.]I, a. In «««f., of or pertaining to the pylorus:opposed to cardiac: as, pyloric valve; jiyloricorifice;

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