
1) Animal anatomy 2) Eary canal 3) Foramen; anatomical passage 4) Passage 5) Passageway
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1) Earhole
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In anatomy, a meatus s is a natural body opening or canal. Examples include: (The plural forms of `meatus` are: meatus, as a Latin form (of the fourth declension noun class, which the word belongs to); or meatuses, as a normally derived English plural; or often, and incorrectly, meati, by false analogy with the very common Latin -us/-i forms (su.....
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opening of a passage or canal
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• (n. sing. & pl.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.
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<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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(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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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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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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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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(me-a;tus) A passageway or opening into a structure.
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The outer opening of the urethra. Narrower term(s): Meatal Stenosis
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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 endings responsible for the sense of smell are loca...
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[
n] - a natural body passageway
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meatus, passage.
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noun a natural body passageway
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Latin = passage; adjective - meatal.
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