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TUBE-SHAPED STRUCTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure
Synonyms:
tube; tube-shaped structure
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tube-shaped structure" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tube-shaped structure"):
tubule (a small tube)
salpinx (a tube in the uterus or the ear)
cochlea (the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti)
vas; vessel (a tube in which a body fluid circulates)
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