CANALICULUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: canaliculi   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("canaliculus" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Derivation:

canalicular (relating to or like or having a canaliculus)

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