meatus
Meaning
- A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
- Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/miˈeɪ.təs/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).
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