meatus

Meaning

1. A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.

Synonyms

canal

duct

beam

channel

corridor

cut

gallery

gangway

hall

hallway

line

passage

passageway

path

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road

🛣️

track

tunnel

walk-through

way

aisle

sluiceway

alleyway

Translations

méat

meat

meato

meato

kanal

kanal ağzı

yol

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/miˈeɪ.təs/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).