Meatus

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  • noun. A body opening or passage, such as the opening of the ear or the urethral canal.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In anatomy, a passage: applied to various ducts of the body.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A natural passage or canal. See Illust. of ear.
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  • noun. A tubular opening or passage in the body.
  • noun. Plural form of meatus.
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  • noun. a natural body passageway
    • Word Usage
    "The meatus is the opening of the urethra in the top thing on the end, the glans penis."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    passage  passageway  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    acoustic meatus  auditory canal  auditory meatus  ear canal  external auditory canal  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anus  calculi  catheter  cueing  curettage  
    variant
    ear  
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