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HILUM
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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:
Classified under:
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:
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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