Look up: meatus

1. meatus
   [n] - a natural body passageway
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2. Meatus
   Meatus: An opening or passageway. For example, the female urethral meatus. The urethra is the transport tube from the bladder to the outside of the body. In females the urethra is shorter than in the male. The meatus of the female urethra is just above the vaginal opening, as shown here:
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3. Meatus
   Me·a'tus noun sing. & plural ; English plural Meatuses [ Latin , a going, passage, from meare to go.] (Anat.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus . See Illust. of Ear .
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4. meatus
   <anatomy> A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. ... Origin: L, a going, passage, fr. Meare to go. ... (11 Mar 1998) ...
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5. meatus
   noun a natural body passageway
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6. meatus
   (me-a´tәs) pl. meat´uses, mea´tus an opening or passage, especially one leading to the body surface. adj., mea´tal., adj.
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7. Meatus
   • (n. sing. & pl.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.
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8. meatus
   Type: Term Pronunciation: mē-ā′tŭs Definitions: 1. A passage or channel, especially the external opening of a canal. Synonyms: external opening
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9. Meatus
   The outer opening of the urethra. Narrower term(s): Meatal Stenosis
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10. Meatus
    The meatus are groove-like passages between the turbinates (nasal conchae) in the nasal cavity. Of the three passages (inferior meatus, middle meatus, and superior meatus) the inferior meatus is the largest and the superior meatus is the smallest. The passages are lined with mucous membrane. Nerve e...
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11. meatus
    Latin = passage; adjective - meatal.
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12. meatus
    (me-a;tus) A passageway or opening into a structure.
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13. meatus
    (me-a;tus) A passageway or opening into a structure.
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14. Meatus
    In anatomy, a `meatus` is a natural body opening or canal (Latin, 4th declension pl. meatus, or meatuses&mdash;often incorrectly meati). Examples include: See also:
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