MEATUS

meatus

(noun) a natural body passageway

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

meatus (plural meatus or meatuses)

(anatomy) A tubular opening or passage in the body.

Anagrams

• Matsue, autems, mutase

Source: Wiktionary


Me*a"tus, n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. Meatuses (. Etym: [L., a going, passage, fr. meare to go.] (Anat.)

Definition: A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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