Meatus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /miˈeɪ.təs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meatus is a noun meaning (anatomy) A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
Meaning
(anatomy) A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
More Meanings
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.
Example Sentences
The vibrissae are coarse hairs whose follicles are located just within the nasal meatus.
The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females.
The illness. It came out of nowhere. His breathing all of a sudden started hurting the back of his throat. Then that overfull heat in various cranial meatus.
Word Forms
- meatuses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudomeatus, foramen, aditus, canal, mouth, lumen.
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