Meatus

//miˈeɪ.təs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.

    "The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females."

  2. 2
    a natural body passageway wordnet
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Synonyms

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canalductear canalintestineporevagina

Example

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"The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).

Related phrases

auditory meatusurethral meatusear canal

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