DUCT
Definition:
- [noun] a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
Synonyms: epithelial canal, channel
- [noun] a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
- [noun] an enclosed conduit for a fluid
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Related Words:
- pore
- spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis
- ductule, ductulus
- canaliculus
- canal of Schlemm, Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae
- venous sinus, sinus
- lacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear duct
- nasolacrimal duct
- Haversian canal
- hepatic duct
- inguinal canal, canalis inguinalis
- common bile duct, bile duct
- pancreatic duct
- lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel
- salivary duct
- cerebral aqueduct, Sylvian aqueduct, aqueductus cerebri
- ureter
- urethra
- cervical canal, canalis cervicis uteri
- umbilical cord
- vagina
- epididymis
- vas deferens, ductus deferens
- seminal duct
- ejaculatory duct
- cartilaginous tube
- bronchiole
- alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract
- lactiferous duct
- laticifer
- air-intake
- air passage, air duct, airway
