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HILUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: hila   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ

Example:

the hilus of the kidney

Synonyms:

hilum; hilus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

fissure ((anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Derivation:

hilar (of or relating to or located near a hilum)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)

Derivation:

hilar (of or relating to or located near a hilum)

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