meatus
Gang
A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the bodyA tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
/miˈeɪ.təs/
Meaning
1 sensesA tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females.
Gang
More definitions
- a natural body passageway
Translations
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By meaning 1
tubular opening:
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).
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