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English noun: hilus

1. hilus (body) (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ


SamplesThe hilus of the kidney.


Synonymshilum


Broader (hypernym)fissure


Domain categoryanatomy, general anatomy









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